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This is a list of Wikipedia articles about specific twelve-step recovery programs and fellowships.These programs, and the groups of people who follow them, are based on the set of guiding principles for recovery from addictive, compulsive, or other behavioral problems originally developed by Alcoholics Anonymous. [1]
By 1981, there were 1,100 different meetings all over the world and in 1983 Mary Bolton founded Narcotics Anonymous in Ireland. [24] A World Service Office was officially opened in 1977. [ 25 ] In 1971, the first NA World Conference was held, and others have followed annually.
Meetings are held in England and the United States. Marijuana Anonymous (MA) – This group focuses of recovery from marijuana addiction. [9] Groups meet in eleven countries. Narcotics Anonymous (NA) – This group has meetings in 139 countries and focuses on recovery from the use of all drugs and alcohol. The group makes no distinction between ...
At one Narcotics Anonymous meeting, Patrick ran into two young women he knew from rehab. Those women could be bad news, he confessed to his mother one afternoon in their kitchen. Let’s get out the NA schedule and find a different meeting, Anne offered. Patrick told her he’d already found a later one to attend. He had it covered.
The “Need a Favor” singer, 39, was asked during SiriusXM’s The Highway show by host Ania Hammar about his experiences in “Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous” that helped inspire ...
A study of sponsorship as practiced in Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous found that providing direction and support to other alcoholics and addicts is associated with sustained abstinence for the sponsor, but suggested that there were few short-term benefits for the sponsee's one-year sustained abstinence rate. [37] [38]
Families Anonymous (FA) is a twelve-step program for relatives and friends of addicts. [1] FA was founded in 1971 by a group of parents in Southern California concerned with their children's substance abuse .
Nar-Anon is complementary to, but separate from, Narcotics Anonymous (NA), analogous to Al-Anon with respect to Alcoholics Anonymous; Nar-Anon's traditions state that it should "always cooperate with Narcotics Anonymous." Nar-Anon was co-founded by Alma B. and Louise S. in Studio City, California, but their attempt to launch the program failed. [1]