12-step program
Addiction support framework
A 12-step program is a structured approach to recovery from addiction or compulsive behavior, based on a set of guiding principles originally developed by Alcoholics Anonymous in the 1930s.
The steps typically involve acknowledging powerlessness over the addiction, seeking help from a higher power or spiritual source, making amends for past wrongs, and helping others in recovery.
She's been sober for five years thanks to her 12-step program.
The model has been adapted for various dependencies beyond alcohol, including narcotics, gambling, and overeating.
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
- addictionCompulsive substance reliance
- sponsorFunder of activities
- meetingGathering for discussion
fellowship · amends · powerless · higher power · let go and let God · serenity · one day at a time · abstinence · sober living · dry drunk · alcoholic · anonymous · surrender · inventory · making amends · defects · confession · rehab
- recoveryrecovery, sobriety, rehab, recover, recovery room
- support groupssupport groups, support group, self-help groups, group therapy, peer support
- substance abuseaddiction, abuse, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, substance use
- recovery housinghalfway house, halfway houses, sober living, sober living home, recovery house
- rehabrehab, rehabilitation, drug rehab, inpatient rehab, detox
- sobrietysober, sobriety, abstinence, abstinent, abstainer
12-step programMAT
Educational or medical abbreviation
harm reduction · pharmacotherapy · medical detox · psychiatric treatment · cognitive behavioral therapy
step, steps, stepped, stepping, stepper, program, programs, programmed, programming