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2. Twelve-step program - Wikipedia

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   Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), the first twelve-step fellowship, was founded in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith, known to AA members as "Bill W." and "Dr. Bob", in Akron, Ohio. In 1946 they formally established the twelve traditions to help deal with the issues of how various groups could relate and function as membership grew.

3. List of Twelve Step alternate wordings - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of Twelve Steps alternate wordings of the Twelve Steps set of guiding principles for recovery from addictive, compulsive, or other behavioral problems that was originally developed by Alcoholics Anonymous. [1] The twelve-step method has been adapted widely by fellowships of people recovering from various addictions, compulsive ...

4. Alcoholics Anonymous - Wikipedia

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   Alcoholics Anonymous Twelve Steps exhibit at AA Intergroup in Akron, Ohio. AA's program extends beyond abstaining from alcohol. [ 58 ] Its goal is to effect enough change in the alcoholic's thinking "to bring about recovery from alcoholism" [ 59 ] through "an entire psychic change," or spiritual awakening. [ 60 ]

5. Twelve Traditions - Wikipedia

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   The Twelve Traditions of Narcotics Anonymous (NA), the second largest twelve-step program, are as stated in the above (short form only) with all instances of AA replaced with NA, the word alcoholic replaced with the word addiction, and the word drinking replaced with the word using.

6. 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 ]

7. Higher Power - Wikipedia

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   In current twelve-step program usage, a higher power can be anything at all that the member believes is adequate. Reported examples include their twelve-step group, nature, consciousness, existential freedom, God, mathematics, science, and Buddha. It is frequently stipulated that as long as a higher power is "greater" than the individual, then ...

8. Jim Burwell - Wikipedia

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   Alcoholics Anonymous Comes Of Age. New York: Alcoholics Anonymous. ISBN 978-0-916856-02-1. LC HV5278.A78A4, Dewey: 178.1 A1c. Kurtz, Ernest (1979). Not-God: A History of Alcoholics Anonymous. Center City, Minnesota: Hazelden. ISBN 978-0-89486-065-2. LCCN 79-88264. LC HV5278, Dewey 362.2/9286 or 362.29286 K87 1979. Twelve Steps and Twelve ...

9. The Big Book (Alcoholics Anonymous) - Wikipedia

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   Bill W.'s Story and Dr. Bob's Nightmare and the personal experiences of some alcoholics are detailed as well as the series of solutions which evolved to become the twelve-step program. How to use the twelve steps is explained using examples and anecdotes. Some chapters target a specific audience.