Twelve-step program Twelve-step program (Al-Anon/Alateen) Al-Anon Family Groups is a twelve-step program for relatives and friends of alcoholics. Members share their experience, strength, and hope, in order to solve their common problems. They believe that alcoholism is a family illness and that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Much like Adult Children of Alcoholics (which is a completely separate program that operates by its own guidelines, and is in no way affiliated with AA, Al-Anon or Alateen), Al-Anon is a support group for family members and friends of alcoholics, whether still drinking or in recovery, rather than for alcoholics themselves. The two branches of the Al-Anon Family Groups include Al-Anon and Alateen, serving both adults and teens. ...more on Wikipedia about "Al-Anon/Alateen"
Alcoholics Anonymous (known commonly as "A.A." or " AA") is a world-wide fellowship of alcoholics whose primary purpose is to stay sober and carry the message of recovery from alcoholism through the Twelve Steps. A.A. is the original twelve-step program and has been the source and model for all subsequent and separate ones, such as Gamblers Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Sexaholics Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous, and Al-Anon/Alateen. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alcoholics Anonymous"
William Griffith Wilson ( 26 November 1895- 24 January 1971) (commonly known as Bill Wilson or Bill W.), was a co-founder of the mutual-help group Alcoholics Anonymous. The other co-founder was Dr. Bob Smith. Bill's wife, Lois Wilson became the founder of Al-Anon, a group dedicated to helping the friends and relatives of alcoholics. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bill W."
Bob Smith (Robert Holbrook Smith, b. 8 August 1879 d. 16 November 1950) was a medical doctor and surgeon from Akron, Ohio, also known as Dr Bob. After graduation from Dartmouth College in 1902, he completed medical school at the University of Michigan. He co-founded the self-help movement Alcoholics Anonymous with Bill Wilson, in 1935. Smith was called the "Prince of Twelfth Steppers" by Bill Wilson because he personally helped more than 5000 drunks without charge. Also, it was in his home that the basic ideas of A.A. were developed. Many A.A. ideas developed initially in an offshoot of the then-popular Oxford Group, which was then a Christian movement. Dr. Bob said that A.A.'s basic ideas came from their study of the Bible, that he personally didn't write or have anything to do with the later writing of the 12 Steps, but that the Steps, simmered down to their essence, simply meant "love and service." ...more on Wikipedia about "Bob Smith (doctor)"
Co-Dependents Anonymous (CoDA) is a twelve-step program the members of which strive for healthy relationships from a point of departure of codependence. A self-identifying statement reads: ...more on Wikipedia about "Co-Dependents Anonymous"
Cocaine Anonymous, or CA, is a twelve-step program to help people suffering from an addiction to cocaine. As of 1996, its membership is estimated at 30,000. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cocaine Anonymous"
GreySheeters Anonymous is a twelve-step program that combats compulsive overeating, similar to Overeaters Anonymous. It is based on the Alcoholics Anonymous program, treating overeating as an unhealthy addiction. Unlike Overeaters Anonymous, it uses a specific plan of eating which at one time was printed on a grey sheet. There are no fees for participation in the program, as it is supported by voluntary donations of members. ...more on Wikipedia about "GreySheeters Anonymous"
James P. Kinnon (commonly known as Jimmy Kinnon or "Jimmy K") was the founder of Narcotics Anonymous (NA), an international association of recovering drug addicts. During his lifetime, he was usually referred to as "Jimmy K" due to NA's principle of personal anonymity on the public level. It appears he never referred to himself as the founder of NA although the record clearly shows that he played this role. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jimmy Kinnon"
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is "a nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem". It is a twelve-step program modeled on Alcoholics Anonymous. The only requirement for membership is "a desire to stop using," and members "meet regularly to help each other stay clean," where "clean" is defined as complete abstinence from all mood and mind altering substances (including alcohol). Membership in NA is free, there are no dues or fees. (White Booklet) ...more on Wikipedia about "Narcotics Anonymous"
Overeaters Anonymous (OA) is a twelve-step program offering a program of recovery from compulsive overeating and other eating disorders using the twelve steps and twelve traditions as interpreted by OA. Participants need not be overweight — in fact, some OA members are bulimic or anorexic. Like other twelve-step groups, OA groups typically meet weekly. More women than men participate in this program in most locations. ...more on Wikipedia about "Overeaters Anonymous"
Schizophrenics Anonymous is a 12 step program that uses the 12 steps found in Alcoholics Anonymous to help people who are affected by Schizophrenia cope with the disease. ...more on Wikipedia about "Schizophrenics Anonymous"
The Serenity Prayer is a prayer written by Confessing Church figure and Union Theological Seminary professor Reinhold Niebuhr in 1926 or 1932, according to records from Alcoholics Anonymous as the ending to a longer prayer. It is used in Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous and other Twelve-step programs. ...more on Wikipedia about "Serenity Prayer"
Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (more commonly known as ...more on Wikipedia about "Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous"
Sexaholics Anonymous (SA) is one of many twelve-step programs based on the original Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sexaholics Anonymous"
Sexual Compulsives Anonymous (SCA) is a twelve-step program to help people recover from sexual compulsion. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sexual Compulsives Anonymous"
The Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous ...more on Wikipedia about "Twelve traditions"
A twelve-step program (or programme) is a fellowship which aims at the recovery of its members from the consequences of an addiction, a compulsion, or another harmful influence on their lives, with the help of the faith-based Twelve Steps. Also the specific program of recovery that is applied within such a fellowship, is called a twelve-step program. The fellowship, a bond of loosely organized, autonomous groups, functions on the basis of principles, formulated in the Twelve Traditions. Synonyms are anonymous program and A-program; the original twelve-step program is Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A). ...more on Wikipedia about "Twelve-step program"
The Washingtonian movement (Washingtonians or Martha Washington movement) was a 19th century fellowship founded in 1838 by four suffering alcoholics in a bar in Baltimore, Maryland. The idea was that by relying on each other, sharing their alcoholic experiences and relying upon Divine help, they could keep each other sober. Total abstinence from alcohol was their goal. The group taught sobriety and preceded Alcoholics Anonymous by 100 years. ...more on Wikipedia about "Washingtonian movement"
William Duncan Silkworth, M.D., ( 1873?- 1951) was an American medical doctor and specialist in the treatment of alcoholism. He was Director of the Towns Hospital in New York City in the 1930s, during which time Bill Wilson, a future co-founder of the self-help movement Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.), was admitted on three separate occasions for alcoholism. Silkworth had a profound influence on Wilson and encouraged him to realize that alcoholism was more than just an issue of moral weakness. He introduced Wilson to the idea that alcoholism had a pathological, disease-like basis. ...more on Wikipedia about "William Duncan Silkworth"
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