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12-step Definition

12-step or twelve-step (twelv′step′)

adjective

☆ designating or having to do with any of various programs that provide systematic support and guidance to individuals seeking to control an addiction, compulsion, etc.

Etymology: after the Twelve Steps, twelve guiding concepts forming part of the Alcoholics Anonymous program

12-step Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • program: They incorporate AA or NA into the program, a 12-step program, " Davis added.
  • program: Many people who have had a drink problem and overcome it have used the AA's 12-step program.
  • approach: The third approach was a program that introduced the first few " steps " of the Alcoholics Anonymous 12-step approach.
  • group: For example, US studies find 12-step mutual aid groups most useful when they follow 12-step treatment.
  • meeting: Geesh, one would expect that after 15+ years of going to 12-step meetings that I'd be ' further along ' than that.
  • fellowship: It is one of the 12-step fellowships borne out of Alcoholics Anonymous ( AA ).

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