The 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous begin with admitting that your life is unmanageable because of powerlessness over alcohol. The rest of the steps involve making a change, submitting to a higher power, and taking a fearless and personal moral inventory.

AA is but one of many different types of 12-step programs. There's also a successful sister program to AA called Al-Anon. Al-Anon helps non-addicted people learn to cope with substance-abusing family members and friends. The 12-step model branched into Narcotics Anonymous (NA), Sex Addicts Anonymous (SAA), and Overeaters Anonymous (OA). There are many other similar groups based on the original 12-step program of AA. The groups all use the 12 steps and 12 traditions to help people struggling with addiction. 

However, there are a lot of myths surrounding 12-step programs. And in this episode, we help clear up those items.

For more information - be sure to check out our accompanying blog post:

https://intercoast.edu/blog/12-step-program-aa/