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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 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]

4. Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions - Wikipedia

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   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]

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. History of Alcoholics Anonymous - Wikipedia

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   1953 The Twelve Traditions were published in the book Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions. [82] [83] 1953 Narcotics Anonymous received permission from AA to use the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions in its own program. [84] 1955 Second Edition of the Big Book released; estimated 150,000 AA members. [85] 1957 Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age ...

7. 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]

8. The Big Book (Alcoholics Anonymous) - Wikipedia

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   The book [16] consists of over 400 pages. 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.

9. List of Twelve Step alternate wordings - Wikipedia

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   The twelve-step method has been adapted widely by fellowships of people recovering from various addictions, compulsive behaviors, and mental health problems. In some cases, where other twelve-step groups have adapted the AA steps as guiding principles, they have been altered to emphasize principles important to those particular fellowships, to ...