twelve-step
Sobriety meeting method
Twelve-step describes recovery programs modeled on Alcoholics Anonymous, which uses twelve progressive steps toward sobriety and spiritual growth.
The term applies to the programs themselves, their methods, or their participants: a twelve-step meeting, twelve-step recovery, He's been twelve-stepping for years.
The approach has expanded beyond alcohol to address other addictions and compulsive behaviors.
Planned sequence of actions
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
- sponsorFunder of activities
- meetingGathering for discussion
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
amends · powerlessness · higher power · abstinence · relapse · home group · chip · medallion
Return to consciousness
- prayerAddress to deity
- meditationFocused attention practice
- amendsCompensation for wrongdoing
- shortcomingsInadequacies or weak points
God · faith · humility · grace · redemption · confession · forgiveness · spiritual principles
Occurring in succession
- stagesDistinct periods or platforms
- progressionSequential forward movement
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- systematicFollowing ordered procedures
structured · framework · phases · incremental · roadmap · guideline · protocol · milestone
program
Planned sequence of actions
fellowship · amends · powerlessness · higher power · abstinence · relapse · home group · chip · medallion · accountability
awakening
Return to consciousness
- prayerAddress to deity
- meditationFocused attention practice
- amendsCompensation for wrongdoing
shortcomings · God · faith · humility · grace · redemption · confession · forgiveness · spiritual principles · acceptance
sequential
Occurring in succession
- stagesDistinct periods or platforms
- progressionSequential forward movement
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
systematic · structured · framework · phases · incremental · roadmap · guideline · protocol · milestone · checklist
- recoveryrecovery, sobriety, rehab, recover, recovery room
- support groupssupport groups, support group, self-help groups, group therapy, peer support
- Alcohol Recoveryalcohol recovery, Alcoholics Anonymous, AA, rehab, detox
- Alcoholismalcoholism, alcoholic, alcohol abuse, alcohol addiction, alcohol dependence
- peer supportpeer counseling, peer mentors, peer counselors, support networks, self-help groups
- rehabrehab, rehabilitation, drug rehab, inpatient rehab, detox
twelve-stepcold turkey
Immediate complete cessation
harm reduction · white-knuckling · going it alone · self-help · spontaneous remission
twelve-stepsecular humanism
Nonreligious ethical philosophy
self-reliance · cognitive-behavioral · self-directed · scientific approach
twelve, step, steps, stepped, stepping, stepper, steppers, twelfth