What are each of the 12 steps?
What Are The Twelve Steps Of Recovery?
The 12-step program is a set of guidelines through which alcohol, drug and other addictions can be overcome. The main idea behind the Twelve Steps Programs is finding support in your journey to recovery. The first step suggests letting a Higher Power or God assist them in their recovery. Step 2 in the Alcoholic Anonymous recovery model is: Come to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
The program was initially proposed by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Later they were adopted by several other support recovery programs to overcome other forms of addiction in long term residential treatment programs.
This steps can be very difficult. Some addictions stem from personal loss, grief or as a coping mechanism. Many people often seek to self-medicate when they experience something traumatic. In addition to seeking their vices, these events have been known to cause some to lose their faith and to blame a higher power for their situation. This makes it hard for those people to allow themselves to be vulnerable to a higher power, or God, again.
- Admit that addiction had taken over their lives
- Believe that some higher power can help them regain control
- Made a decision to accept God
