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  2. Twelve-step program - Wikipedia

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    Twelve-step programs are international mutual aid programs supporting recovery from substance addictions, behavioral addictions and compulsions. Developed in the 1930s, the first twelve-step program, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), founded by Bill Wilson and Bob Smith , aided its membership to overcome alcoholism . [ 1 ]

  3. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    Faith-based and 12-step programs, despite the fact that they had little experience with drug addicts in the late 1960s and early 1970s.” The number of drug treatment facilities boomed with federal funding and the steady expansion of private insurance coverage for addiction, going from a mere handful in the 1950s to thousands a few decades later.

  4. Alcoholics Anonymous - Wikipedia

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    The final step, the 12th, focuses on maintaining the principles of recovery, sharing the message with other alcoholics, [6] and participating in "12th Step work," such as peer sponsorship, organizing meetings, and outreach to institutions like hospitals and prisons. [7]

  5. Narcotics Anonymous - Wikipedia

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    TSF sessions are designed to introduce the patient to 12-step concepts and facilitate the entry of the patient into community-based 12-step programs. It must be emphasized that TSF is not NA, it is an implementation of 12-step program elements by a professional counsellor. NA recommends 12 step work with another member who has worked the steps.

  6. 12-Step Programs: Underground Network for Jobs - AOL

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    Twelve-step programs, such as Alcoholics and Emotions Anonymous, constitute underground networks. That means intense bonding -- and nothing could be more ideal for help finding jobs. After all ...

  7. 12-step help for shopaholics

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    Debtors Anonymous, a support organization patterned after Alcoholics Anonymous, uses a 12-step program to help people -- first name only -- stop abusing their credit cards and kick their free ...

  8. List of twelve-step groups - Wikipedia

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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 ]

  9. Twelve Traditions - Wikipedia

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    The Twelve Traditions of twelve-step programs provide guidelines for relationships between the twelve-step groups, members, other groups, the global fellowship, and society at large. Questions of finance, public relations, donations, and purpose are addressed in the traditions.