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Twelve-step program. 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]
A now-defunct recovery-oriented church in downtown Anchorage, Alaska advertises its Celebrate Recovery meeting in May 2019. Celebrate Recovery is an American Christian twelve-step program designed to facilitate recovery from a wide variety of troubling behavior patterns. The global headquarters is in Lake Forest, California, United States.
Narcotics Anonymous uses a 12-step model developed for people with varied substance use disorders [2] and is the second-largest 12-step organization, [3] after 12-step pioneer Alcoholics Anonymous. As of May 2018 there were more than 70,000 NA meetings in 144 countries.
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a global, peer-led mutual-aid fellowship dedicated to abstinence-based recovery from alcoholism through its spiritually inclined twelve-step program. [1] AA's Twelve Traditions stress anonymity and the lack of a governing hierarchy, and establish AA as free to all, non-promotional, non-professional, unaffiliated ...
OA – Overeaters Anonymous. PA – Pills Anonymous, for recovery from prescription pill addiction. RA – Racists Anonymous. SA – Sexaholics Anonymous. SAA – Sex Addicts Anonymous. SCA – Sexual Compulsives Anonymous. SIA – Survivors of Incest Anonymous. SLAA – Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous. SRA – Sexual Recovery Anonymous.
Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism (nicknamed The Big Book because of the thickness of the paper used in the first edition) is a 1939 basic text, describing how to seek recovery from alcoholism. The Big Book was written by William G. "Bill W." Wilson, one of the founders of Alcoholics ...
Print (Hardback, Paperback and Online) 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 ...
Emotions Anonymous. Emotions Anonymous (EA) is a twelve-step program for recovery from mental and emotional illness. [1] As of 2017 there were approximately 300 Emotions Anonymous groups active in the United States and another 300 around the world. [citation needed]