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What is the Twelve Steps Recovery Club?
Twelve Steps Recovery Club is a private club for member use whenever it is open. A member is a person suffering from any kind of addiction willing to deal with it, or a non-addict having familiarity with the twelve-step program. A non-member may use the Club only to attend meetings, or as a guest of a physically present member (Bylaws, Art. IV). We are not affiliated with any kind of fellowship. Our club is strictly non-profit The primary purpose of the Club is to aid and assist persons to recover from addiction by providing a meeting place and for the comfort, welfare and entertainment of its members. The Club is formed for the following general purposes: - To provide a site for twelve steps meetings - To carry the message to the addict still suffering - To provide information on various forms of addiction and on the twelve-step program as a method of recovery (Bylaws, Art III).
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Twelve-step programs are mutual aid organizations for the purpose of recovery from substance addictions, behavioral addictions and compulsions. Developed in the 1930s, the first twelve-step program, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), aided its membership to overcome alcoholism. Since that time dozens of other organizations have been derived from AA's approach to address problems as varied as drug addiction, compulsive gambling and overeating. All twelve-step programs utilize a version of AA's suggested twelve steps first published in the 1939 book Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism. As summarized by the American Psychological Association (APA), the process involves the following: ● Admitting that one cannot control one's alcoholism, addiction or compulsion; ● Coming to believe in a higher power that can give strength; ● Examining past errors with the help of a sponsor (experienced member); ● Making amends for these errors; ● Learning to live a new life with a new code of behavior; ● Helping others who suffer from the same alcoholism, addictions or compulsions.