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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]
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]
[1] 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. [4]
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.
In the past, some critics have criticized 12-step programs as pseudoscientific [75] [108] and "a cult that relies on God as the mechanism of action". [74] [75] [109] Until recently, ethical and operational issues had prevented robust randomized controlled trials from being conducted comparing 12-step programs directly to other approaches. [75]
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]
This 12-step program is incorporated as Adult Children of Alcoholics/Dysfunctional Families. The ACA framework is based on the 12 steps and 12 traditions of AA. [12] During the 1990s, the organization went through rapid growth. In 1989, there were 1,300 ACA meetings and by 2003 there were an estimated 40,000 members of ACA.
Sex Addicts Anonymous. addictive sexual behavior. other sex addicts. [16] 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.