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What’s the Point of 12 Step Prayers?
Whether you are religious or not the 12 step prayers may be beneficial to your recovery. Although some may be reluctant to engage in prayer, there are definite benefits to using prayer to help you with prayer to help you with your recovery. These benefits are the point to using 12 step prayers in your ….
Read more ›Stages Of Change And Motivational Interviewing
One of the difficulties in treating addiction is matching therapy to patient. To some degree, each addict is different. They come with their own unique problems and attitudes. Treatment specialists are always looking for a useful structure to help them “meet the patient where they are.” This is the genesis for the Stages of Change ….
Read more ›The Religion Of Alcoholics Anonymous
In a world that is becoming increasingly more secular, some people express a real sensitivity to religion and religious topics. Spirituality itself is no longer accepted by some, and talking about spiritual matters can be a turn off. The connect with psychics or fringe ideas is too easy. A problem for AA Alcoholics Anonymous was ….
Read more ›5 Top Lessons from The Big Book of AA
There are many resources that provide help to people who are addicted to alcohol. While some people are able to overcome an addiction on their own, others need as much help as they can get. Once a person makes his or her way through a treatment program, they may wish to continue with a similar ….
Read more ›10 myths about 12 step programs
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, community treatment programs such as 12 step programs are a legitimate form of treatment. Unfortunately, due to movie, television, and popular culture, have all contributed to misconceptions about 12 step programs. 1. People in 12 Step Programs are Fanatics Most people in 12 step programs are ordinary ….
Read more ›Is a 12-Step Group in Residential Treatment the Same as AA?
Often, patients are introduced to the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous during residential inpatient treatment. As a part of the overall program designed to jump start recovery, patients are required to attend meetings. Research shows that alcoholics or addicts who attend meetings experience recovery rates approximately two times as effective as those who do not ….
Read more ›The History of Alcoholics Anonymous
Most everyone knows that an A.A. meeting is due to the mention in movies, TV shows, books, and more. According to the NCBI, Alcoholics Anonymous began in 1935 and has grown to become the most popular self-help organization in the world. But where did it start and how did it become what it is today? ….
Read more ›Is All the Spiritual Stuff in Narcotics Anonymous 12 Steps Really Necessary?
Over time, the effects of drug addiction can turn a normal functioning individual into a shell of a person. Both the body and the mind undergo profound changes as a growing dependency on the drug takes over. While addressing the physical effects of addiction is essential to overcoming this condition, the effects had on the ….
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