Twelve-step programs: Twelve-step program, Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Emotions Anonymous, Debtors Anonymous, Recovery model, Effectiveness of Alcoholics Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous, Bill W., Nicotine Anonymous, Al-Anon/Alateen, GROW

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 54. Chapters: Twelve-step program, Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Emotions Anonymous, Debtors Anonymous, Recovery model, Effectiveness of Alcoholics Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous, Bill W., Nicotine Anonymous, Al-Anon/Alateen, GROW, Pills Anonymous, Gamblers Anonymous, Sexaholics Anonymous, Prayer of Saint Francis, Workaholics Anonymous, Abstinence, Higher Power, Serenity Prayer, Ralph S. Pfau, Addiction recovery groups, Sexual Compulsives Anonymous, Crystal Meth Anonymous, Celebrate Recovery, Co-Dependents Anonymous, Adult Children of Alcoholics, Sex Addicts Anonymous, Clutterers Anonymous, Jimmy Kinnon, Schizophrenics Anonymous, Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous, Washingtonian movement, Reentry Anonymous, Survivors of Incest Anonymous, List of twelve-step groups, List of Twelve Step alternate wordings, Families Anonymous, Cocaine Anonymous, Sober living environment, Online Gamers Anonymous, Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous, Marijuana Anonymous, Parents Anonymous, Nar-Anon, William Duncan Silkworth, Anne Ripley Smith. Excerpt: Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a twelve-step program modeled after Alcoholics Anonymous describing itself as a "fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem," and it is the second-largest 12-step organization. The program is group-oriented, and is based on the Twelve Steps and the Twelve Traditions, adapted from Alcoholics Anonymous. As of May 2010 there were more than 58,000 NA meetings in 131 countries. The only requirement for membership is "a desire to stop using," and members "meet regularly to help each other stay clean," where "clean" is defined as complete abstinence from all mood and mind altering substances (including alcohol and marijuana). Membership in NA is free, and there are no dues or fees. The foundation of the Narcotics Anonymous program is the twelve steps and twelve traditions. Narcotics Anonymous "has no opinion on outside issues," including those of politics, science, or medicine, and does not endorse any outside organization or institution. The fellowship does not promote itself, but rather attracts new members through public information and outreach. NA groups and areas supply outside organizations with factual information regarding the NA program, and individual members may carry the NA message to hospitals and institutions, such as treatment centers and jails. NA describes addiction as a progressive disease with no known cure, which affects every area of an addict's life: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. NA suggests that the disease of addiction can be arrested, and recovery is possible through the NA twelve-step program. The steps never mention drugs or drug use, rather they refer only to addiction, to indicate that addicts have a disease of which drug use is one symptom. Other symptoms include obsession, compulsion, denial, and self-centeredness. Addicts often first enter NA after reaching a "rock bottom" in their life, a point at which life feels completely unmanageable, characterized by "unem