12-Step Programs and Drug Addiction Treatment
Self help groups that are based on the 12-step ideology are often referred to as traditional or conservative due to the fact that they’re so well known and prevalent across the country and around the world. They’re also proven to be very effective and in conjunction with alternative therapies like the ones available at The Canyon: equine-assisted therapy, adventure therapy, art therapy, yoga and meditation. An effective drug addiction treatment is all about finding the right combination of different therapies to help you unlock the door to your future.
The 12 Steps
Though there are a number of different 12-step groups, each focused on a different addiction, most of them are based upon “working the steps,” 12 assertions and/or actions that help you to come terms with your addiction and learn how to go forward without relapsing. According to the original 12-step group, Alcoholics Anonymous, these steps include:
1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
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.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
12 Step Programs
When it comes to 12 step programs, there’s one for every addiction in the book. Pick your poison:
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- Narcotics Anonymous
- Cocaine Anonymous
- Crystal Meth Anonymous
- Marijuana Anonymous
- Overeaters Anonymous
- Co-Dependents Anonymous
When you come to stay with us at The Canyon, we incorporate the 12 steps into the mix of therapeutic options that we provide so that you can get used to the concepts and how it works. By the time you leave, you’ll have no problem making your way to a meeting in your hometown and finding the support you need.
Have 12 step meetings helped you to stay clean and sober?
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