twelve step program
Sobriety support fellowship
A twelve step program is a recovery method for addiction and compulsive behaviors, originally developed by Alcoholics Anonymous.
Participants follow sequential steps including admitting powerlessness over the addiction, making amends for past wrongs, and seeking help from a higher power.
The model has been adapted for various dependencies: She's been in a twelve step program for gambling.
Often shortened to twelve step as a modifier or verb: He's been twelve-stepping for years.
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
- addictionCompulsive substance reliance
- rock bottomLowest possible level
- sponsorFunder of activities
one day at a time · meeting · AA · big book · fellowship · making amends · amends · surrender · let go · higher power · rehab · sober living · relapse · serenity · alcoholic · abstinence · confession · accountability
- rehabrehab, rehabilitation, drug rehab, inpatient rehab, detox
- stimulant abusemeth, crystal meth, speed, meth addiction, cocaine addiction
- rehabilitationrehab, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, inpatient rehab
- dozen things
twelve step programpharmacotherapy
Treatment using pharmaceutical agents
psychiatric medication · medical detox · inpatient rehab · cognitive behavioral therapy · clinical treatment
twelve step programharm reduction
Minimizing adverse outcomes pragmatically
spontaneous remission · going it alone · cold turkey · white-knuckling
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