Twelve-step program

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 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.).

Literature

• The A.A. Service Manual combined with Twelve Concepts for World Service by Bill W.. 2004-2005 Edition, New York: Alcoholics Anonymous, 2004.
• Alcoholics Anonymous. The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism, New York: Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th ed. new and rev. 2001, ISBN 1893007162 ('Big Book').
• Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, New York: Alcoholics Anonymous, 1953, ISBN 0916856011.

For more literature, see Alcoholics Anonymous, Literature; Bill W., Literature; Dr. Bob, Literature.

Related Topics:
Alcoholics Anonymous - Bill W. - Dr. Bob

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• "The Steps We Took", by Joe McQ. (of "Joe & Charlie") 1990 August House ISBN 0-87483-151-2

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