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<\/span>12-Step Support Groups and Non-12-Step Alternatives: Understanding Your Support Group Options<\/span><\/h2>\n

Completing an addiction treatment program does not mean that your recovery journey is over. While finishing an inpatient or outpatient program is a huge accomplishment, you must continue to seek forms of support. One of the best ways to do so is to attend an addiction recovery support group.<\/p>\n

Support groups can provide you with the structure, accountability, support, and camaraderie that is essential to maintaining sobriety. Regular participation in these groups can provide structure and accountability by helping you create a daily routine. Support groups also offer interaction with like-minded people, allowing you to feel connected rather than isolated.<\/p>\n

There are many different types of recovery support groups for you to choose from. While some support groups are more popular than others, there is no one-size-fits-all solution to addiction recovery. You can attend several meetings hosted by different groups to test the waters before deciding which one is right for you.<\/p>\n

<\/span>12-Step Support Groups<\/span><\/h2>\n

12-step support groups like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) are the most popular form of recovery groups. These programs operate under the belief that you are powerless over your substance of choice and that finding a higher power is the key to recovery. Because of this, they are most suitable for people who are spiritual or religious.<\/p>\n

12-step support groups use 12 steps to help their participants overcome addiction and the turmoil it has caused in their life. The 12 steps of AA or NA are:<\/p>\n

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  1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol\u2013that our lives had become unmanageable.<\/li>\n
  2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.<\/li>\n
  3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.<\/li>\n
  4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.<\/li>\n
  5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.<\/li>\n
  6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.<\/li>\n
  7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.<\/li>\n
  8. Made a list of persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.<\/li>\n
  9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when doing so would injure them or others.<\/li>\n
  10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.<\/li>\n
  11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.<\/li>\n
  12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics and practice these principles in all our affairs.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    When you participate in a 12-step program, you will find a sponsor to help guide you through the steps. Attending meetings is a vital aspect of the program, as they will provide you with education on addiction, stories of recovery, and support from others in the program.<\/p>\n

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    NA and AA aren\u2019t the only 12-step support groups out there offering guidance to people in recovery. Other 12-step programs include:<\/p>\n