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The goal of working the program is emotional sobriety. [12] In 2006, ACA published a fellowship text [23] of 646 pages, describing in details what the program is and how it works. This text is also called "The Big Red Book", mirroring the AA fellowship text being called "The Big Book" by members of AA.
SMART Recovery is based on scientific knowledge and is intended to evolve as scientific knowledge evolves. [4] The program uses principles of motivational interviewing, found in motivational enhancement therapy (MET), [5] and techniques taken from rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT), and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), as well as scientifically validated research on treatment. [6]
Field sobriety tests and breathalyzer testing are two ways law enforcement officers often test for sobriety in a suspected high or drunk driver. In the US, these "standardized field sobriety tests" are at the officer's discretion. They can also administer other tests including blood and urine tests. [9]
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]
The first use of the term is found in a pamphlet publication of Sex Addicts Anonymous, entitled "Three circles: Defining sobriety in S.A.A." Minneapolis, MN: SAA Literature (1991). It has since been republished. [1] [2] When creating the three circles diagram, the addict draws three concentric circles, one inside the other (like a bull's eye).
Still, by the second week, he appeared to take responsibility for his addiction. When they could reach the facility’s staff, his parents were assured of their son’s steady progress. Patrick was willing to try sobriety one meeting at a time. “No,” Patrick told his parents. “I think I can do it. I want to try this first.”
Emotions Anonymous views mental and emotional illness as chronic and progressive, like addiction. EA members find they "hit bottom" when the consequences of their mental and emotional illness cause complete despair. [15] Twelve-step groups symbolically represent human structure in three dimensions: physical, mental, and spiritual.
In general medicine and psychiatry, recovery has long been used to refer to the end of a particular experience or episode of illness.The broader concept of "recovery" as a general philosophy and model was first popularized in regard to recovery from substance abuse/drug addiction, for example within twelve-step programs or the California Sober method.