Twelve-step programs

Abstinence is the practice of self-enforced restraint from indulging in bodily activities that are widely experienced as giving pleasure. Most frequently, the term refers to sexual abstinence, but it can also mean abstinence from alcohol, drugs, food, or other comforts.

self-help organization

organization

prayer authored by American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971)

set of guiding principles outlining a course of action for recovery

Al-Anon Family Groups, founded in 1951, is an international mutual aid organization for people who have been impacted by another person's alcoholism. In the organization's own words, Al-Anon is a "worldwide fellowship that offers a program of recovery for the families and friends of alcoholics, whether or not the alcoholic recognizes the existence of an alcohol-related problem or seeks help." Alateen "is part of the Al-Anon fellowship designed for the younger relatives and friends of alcoholics through the teen years".

support group for recovering gamblers

approach to mental disorder or substance dependence that emphasizes and supports a person's potential for recovery

twelve-step program

program for those seeking to improve their mental or emotional health

12-step recovery program for compulsive sexuality based on that of Alcoholics Anonymous

book by William Griffith Wilson and Robert Holbrook Smith

augustine Fellowship: a twelve-step sex-deaddiction program

organization

twelve-step program

program for recovery of drug addiction

short story by Stephen King