12-step programs
Addiction support groups
12-step programs are recovery frameworks for addiction and compulsive behaviors, modeled on Alcoholics Anonymous.
Participants work through twelve sequential steps—acknowledging powerlessness, making amends, seeking spiritual guidance—typically in group settings with peer support.
She's been in a 12-step program for three years.
The approach has expanded beyond alcohol to drugs, gambling, overeating, and other dependencies.
- higher powerTranscendent spiritual entity
- let go and let GodRelinquish control to higher power
- alcoholismAddiction to drinking
- amendsCompensation for wrongdoing
- serenityUndisturbed mental quietude
relapse prevention · dry drunk · inventory · detoxification · surrender · one day at a time · drug addiction · chips · white chip · sponsorship · home group · traditions · group therapy · admission · fellowship · support groups · powerlessness · gambling addiction
- 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
- Alcohol Recoveryalcohol recovery, Alcoholics Anonymous, AA, rehab, detox
- addictionaddiction, drug addiction, substance abuse, drug dependence, substance dependency
- addiction treatmentdetox centers, methadone, treatment centers, buprenorphine, rehab facilities
12-step programsclinical treatment
Healthcare for a condition
medical detox · psychiatric treatment · inpatient rehabilitation · cognitive behavioral therapy · psychotherapy
12-step programsdenial
Refusal to accept reality
relapse · rock bottom · hitting bottom · white-knuckling · enabling
12-step programsharm reduction
Minimizing adverse outcomes pragmatically
self-reliance · individualism · going it alone · behavioral modification · scientific approach