Then Steward found a treatment program, which pushed her to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and follow the 12 steps. Attendees are encouraged to complete 12 guidelines — or “steps ...

A sponsor is a member who traditionally has been sober for longer and feels comfortable helping other members work the 12 steps. NA meetings are one of the major parts of the Narcotics Anonymous ...

Each program follows 12 standard steps. Below are the 12 steps of AA ... and the founders modeled them after AA. NA emerged in the 1950s. As of 2010, it had almost 200,000 members in the U.S ...

As is often the case in 12-step groups ... addiction. In NA, addiction is treated by abstinence and through application of the spiritual principles contained in the Twelve Steps of Narcotics ...

“This little commitment was really significant.” AA and NA literature, like the Big Books, are full of the reasoning behind the 12 steps and tools to help navigate sobriety. The books cost ...

But it is the sixth step in the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous—the prototype of 12-step facilitation (TSF), the almost universally accepted standard for addiction-recovery in America today.