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Detroit, Michigan - March 28, 2017: Mark, an anonymous voice for "Recovered," a podcast discussing the process of healing from addiction to alcohol, records the podcast alongside his colleagues at his home on March 28, 2017 in the suburbs outside of Detroit, Michigan. The podcast, which began in 2007, is now reaching over 80,000 audience members. (Brittany Greeson/The New York Times)

Emanuel Cavallaro - Narratively
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Jenny Chu - Substance.com
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AA is not a fraud

Ernest Kurtz
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The pseudo-science of AA

Dr. Lance Dodes, Zachary Dodes
Mary Karr

Nina Puro - The Fix

"Girls": Acting on impulse

Lizzie Skurnick

Nic Sheff - The Fix
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