12 steps.
The 12 step program was set up to help addicts, or other people with compulsive behaviors. It originally started for Alcoholics Anonymous. It
was founded in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith
Twelve-step program - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 12 step program was set up to target the physical, mental and spiritual aspects of a human. With each of the steps the person gain more understanding and more control over their life. The 12 step program has become the most wide spread program for recovery. The main goal of the program is to help addicts get over, and recover from their addiction. A summary of what the steps help to do are
admitting to having a serious problem, recognizing there is an outside power that could help, consciously relying upon that power, admitting and listing character defects, seeking deliverance from defects, apologizing to those individuals one has harmed and helping others with the same problem.Twelve Step Programs: Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, etc..What Are They?
and listing character defects, seeking deliverance from defects, apologizing to those individuals one has harmed and helping others with the same problem.
1. We admitted we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable.
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.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
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.
8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong
promptly admitted it.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 these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
Research has been done to find out if the 12 step program is actually effective.
admitting to having a serious problem, recognizing there is an outside power that could help, consciously relying upon that power, admitting and listing character defects, seeking deliverance from defects, apologizing to those individuals one has harmed and helping others with the same problem.
Twelve Step Programs: Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, etc..What Are They?
Studies have shown that the 12 step program has shown to be helpful and effective.
