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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. A twelve-step program is a set of guiding principles outlining a course of action for recovery from addiction, compulsion, or other behavioral problems. Originally proposed by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) as a method of recovery from alcoholism, the Twelve Steps were first published in the book, Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered From Alcoholism in 1939. The method was then adapted and became the foundation of other twelve-step programs such as Narcotics Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous, Co-Dependents Anonymous and Debtors Anonymous. As summarized by the American Psychological Association, the process involves the following:
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GNU Free Documentation License anyone else in a twelve step program? i'm hurting a little, what to do? Q. anyone else in a twelve step program? i'm hurting a little, what to do? Asked by iheartexistence - Tue Sep 9 12:54:38 2008 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments A. Pray,Call your sponsor,go to a meeting,call someone else in the program(even if you don't know them very well), read the big book, or email me and we can talk. Answered by The Oracle - Tue Sep 9 13:00:50 2008 How many trolls here are either; 1. drop-outs, or 2. should be members, of a twelve step program or treatment? Q. How unlikely is it, that if many of them are young men, they're: 1. to become abusers of women (or already are) 2. engaging in criminal or other antisocial behaviors 3. currently or should be receiving mental treatment 4. engaging in the mistreatment of animals Is it possible these individuals are only manifesting the symptoms of a deeper maladjusted character? If many of them are adult males, if they haven't already acted out in the manner described above, how much longer before you think they will? What kind of parents could they be (or have had), to have the propensity to behave like this? What kind of destructive messages are they (or will be) giving to young girls as their daughters? What kind of sons are the result of this… [cont.] Asked by shingoshidao - Mon Dec 10 03:21:56 2007 - - 14 Answers - 0 Comments A. I think you're probably quite right, Shingoshi, to see their antisocial behaviour here as a symptom of more serious dysfunction... I have come to see YA as a microcosm of world society [obviously very distorted] which, like all societies, has its "malcontents". Answered by Zucchinisinratatouille - Mon Dec 10 08:12:19 2007 do sex addicts anonymous meetings have religious undertones? are all twelve step programs somehow founded upon
Q. religions or religious beliefs? Asked by geo - Wed Jun 4 13:26:10 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. Well quite a few of the steps of twelve step programmes are based on religious beliefs (Christian I think). 2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. 3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. 5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. 6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. 7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. 11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. 12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of… [cont.] Answered by TobyF - Wed Jun 4 16:19:35 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "twelve-step program"
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