12-step
Addiction treatment framework
12-step describes programs for overcoming addiction modeled on Alcoholics Anonymous, which outlines twelve sequential steps toward recovery.
The steps typically involve admitting powerlessness over the addiction, seeking help from a higher power, and making amends.
She's been in a 12-step program for two years.
As a verb, to 12-step someone is to guide them through recovery or, loosely, to evangelize any self-improvement approach.
Funder of activities
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- sharingDividing among others
- meetingGathering for discussion
homegroup · phone list · outreach · service · greeter · speaker · lead · qualifying
Transcendent spiritual entity
- serenityUndisturbed mental quietude
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- prayerAddress to deity
- meditationFocused attention practice
surrender · acceptance · humility · faith · gratitude · amends · shortcomings · resentments
Voluntary forgoing of indulgences
- clean timeDuration of abstinence
- sober livingSubstance-free transitional housing
- teetotalismTotal sobriety as principle
- dry drunkAbstinent but unchanged addict
relapse · slip · white-knuckling · one day at a time · rock bottom · hitting bottom · triggers · cravings
Regaining what was lost
- Alcoholics AnonymousRecovery fellowship for addicts
- Narcotics AnonymousFellowship for drug recovery
- sponsorshipFunded endorsement arrangement
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
meetings · fellowship · chips · medallions · home group · sobriety date · slogans · promises
sponsor
Funder of activities
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- sharingDividing among others
meeting · homegroup · phone list · outreach · service · greeter · speaker · lead · qualifying · crosstalk
higher power
Transcendent spiritual entity
meditation · surrender · acceptance · humility · faith · gratitude · amends · shortcomings · resentments · forgiveness
abstinence
Voluntary forgoing of indulgences
- clean timeDuration of abstinence
- sober livingSubstance-free transitional housing
- teetotalismTotal sobriety as principle
dry drunk · relapse · slip · white-knuckling · one day at a time · rock bottom · hitting bottom · triggers · cravings · withdrawal
recovery
Regaining what was lost
- Alcoholics AnonymousRecovery fellowship for addicts
- Narcotics AnonymousFellowship for drug recovery
- sponsorshipFunded endorsement arrangement
traditions · meetings · fellowship · chips · medallions · home group · sobriety date · slogans · promises · intergroup
- recoveryrecovery, sobriety, rehab, recover, recovery room
- Alcohol Recoveryalcohol recovery, Alcoholics Anonymous, AA, rehab, detox
- rehabrehab, rehabilitation, drug rehab, inpatient rehab, detox
- sobrietysober, sobriety, abstinence, abstinent, abstainer
12-stepcold turkey
Immediate complete cessation
going it alone · white-knuckling · harm reduction · spontaneous remission · cognitive behavioral therapy
step, steps, stepped, stepping, stepper, stepwise, footstep, misstep