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Pagans in recovery is a phrase, which is frequently used within the recovery community, to describe the collective efforts of Neopagans as well as Indigenous, Hindu, Buddhist, and other like-minded groups, to achieve abstinence or the remission of compulsive/addictive behaviors through twelve-step programs and other programs, such as Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Overeaters ...
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 ]
In twelve-step groups, this is known as a "spiritual awakening." [24] This should not be confused with abreaction, which produces dramatic, but temporary, changes. [25] As a rule, in twelve-step fellowships, spiritual awakening occurs slowly over a period of time, although there are exceptions where members experience a sudden spiritual ...
Celebrate Recovery is one of the seven largest addiction recovery support group programs. [5] Promotional materials assert that over 5 million people have participated in a Celebrate Recovery step study in over 35,000 churches. [6] [7] Leaders seek to normalize substance abuse as similar to other personal problems common to all people. [8]
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions is a 1953 book, which explains the 24 basic principles of Alcoholics Anonymous and their application. [1] The book dedicates a chapter to each step and each tradition, providing a detailed interpretation of these principles for personal recovery and the organization of the group. [ 2 ]
When the opioid epidemic hit, Mike Townsend, who has managed the Recovery Kentucky system for a decade, said he saw no reason to offer more than the existing 12-step program. He reasoned that the brain has healed once an addict manages to overcome the physical pain of withdrawal, and that the rest of the recovery is spiritual and psychological.
Steps 3, 7, and 11 replace "Him" with "God" and "His" with "God's" for gender neutrality. Step 12 replaces "in all our affairs" with "in our lives" due to multiple meanings of "affairs" Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous: sex and love addiction sex and love addicts Steps 3, 7, 11 - replace Him/His with God for gender neutrality
Emotions Anonymous (EA) is a twelve-step program for recovery from mental and emotional illness. [1] As of 2017 [update] there were approximately 300 Emotions Anonymous groups active in the United States and another 300 around the world.