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Twelve-Step Program
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twelve-step program,
n group programs that treat problems such as alcoholism by completing twelve tasks. Participants gain self-acceptance and share experiences. Twelve-step programs traditionally ask members to rely on a power greater than their own.

Twelve-Step Program
Addiction disorders Any program modeled after the 12-step self-help-group programs used for rehabilitating alcoholics, Alcoholics Anonymous; central to all 12-SPs is the belief in a God, transpersonal spiritual form of energy, or superhuman power


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She explains what the central task of recovery is--to develop the self--and describes the origins and characteristics of anorexia and accompanying disorders like bulimia, depression, and body dysmorphic disorder, including different therapies such as psychotherapy, experiential modalities, psychopharmacology, family therapy, and 12-step programs.
If you're interested in such inventory work, many resources are available online and through 12-step programs.
Given the need for full abstinence before returning to practice, he pointed out, these spiritually oriented 12-step programs are uniquely valuable in ensuring an optimal outcome.
 
 
 
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