twelve-step programs
Addiction recovery groups
Twelve-step programs are recovery frameworks for addiction and compulsive behavior, modeled on Alcoholics Anonymous.
Members progress through a sequence of steps that typically include acknowledging powerlessness over the addiction, surrendering to a higher power, taking moral inventory, and making amends to those harmed.
She's been in a twelve-step program for gambling addiction.
The structure has spawned programs for narcotics, overeating, codependency, and dozens of other conditions.
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- self-managementGoverning oneself independently
- anonymousOf unknown origin
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
one day at a time · sponsor · meetings · groups · fellowship · healing · dual diagnosis · making amends · personal inventory · big book · codependency · serenity · addiction recovery · relapse prevention · group therapy · mental health services · detoxification · substance use disorder
- recoveryrecovery, sobriety, rehab, recover, recovery room
- Alcohol Recoveryalcohol recovery, Alcoholics Anonymous, AA, rehab, detox
- group therapygroup therapy, group counseling, group sessions, group dynamics, group cohesion
- rehabrehab, rehabilitation, drug rehab, inpatient rehab, detox
- sexual compulsivitysex addiction, hypersexuality, porn addiction, nymphomania, relapse
- mental healthpsychiatry, psychotherapy, mental illness, psychiatrist, therapist
twelve-step programspharmacotherapy
Treatment using pharmaceutical agents
harm reduction · MAT · medical detox · psychiatric treatment · psychiatric medication
twelve-step programscognitive-behavioral therapy
Treatment restructuring harmful thought patterns
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