12-Step Programs

Alcoholics Anonymous - (AA), worldwide organization dedicated to the treatment of alcoholics; founded 1935 by two alcoholics, one a New York broker, the other an Ohio physician. They developed a 12-step program that has made coping with alcoholism possible for countless people. It includes psychological principles that have long been used in the reorganization of personality. The organization Read More...

12 of the Best Books and Articles on: 12-Step Programs

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The Clinician's Guide to 12-Step Programs: How, When, and Why to Refer a Client
by Jan Parker, Diana L. Guest. 162 pgs.

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A comprehensive overview of major 12-step programs, this practical manual also describes the nuances of the various programs that address the same addictive behavior to assist the clinician in assessing and referring clients to any 12-step program. One of the unique features of this book is a description of how 12-step program philosophy aligns with eight major psychotherapy orientations. Another feature is the emphasis on integration of the client's individual needs and ego structure with the appropriateness and timing of a referral to a 12-step program within the overall therapeutic process.

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Contents

Introduction

1 An Overview of the Structure Of 12-Step Programs

Conclusion

2 Therapeutic Orientation And 12-Step Programs

Conclusion

3 Choosing the Appropriate 12-Step Program for Your Client

Conclusion

4 To Refer or Not to Refer: That is The Question! Who, When, and Why

Conclusion

5 Educating the Client

Conclusion

6 Integrating 12-Step Principles And Treatment: Benefits and Difficulties

Conclusion

Appendix A: Glossary

Appendix B: Prayers Commonly Used In 12-Step Programs

Appendix C: 12-Step Program National Addresses

Appendix D: the 12 Steps

Suggested Reading

Index

About the Authors
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Cultural Politics and Social Movements (Chap. 6 "The Twelve-Step Movement and Advanced Capitalist Culture: The Politics of Self-Control in Postmodernity")
by Marcy Darnovsky, Barbara Epstein, Richard Flacks. 384 pgs.

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Introduction

NOTES

PART ONE: ACTIVISTS AND ACADEMICS

CHAPTER I: "Political Correctness" and Collective Powerlessness

CHAPTER 2: Community and Academic Intellectuals: The Contest for Cultural Authority in Identity Politics

CHAPTER 3: Theorizing Movements: Direct Action and Direct Theory

PART TWO: CULTURAL POLITICS AFTER THE COUNTERCULTURE

CHAPTER 4: Motherfuckers Then and Now: My Sixties Problem

CHAPTER 5: The Countercultures, the New Left, and the New Right

CHAPTER 6: The Twelve-Step Movement and Advanced Capitalist Culture: The Politics of Self-Control in Postmodernity

CHAPTER 7: "We Gotta Get Out of This Place": Notes toward a Remapping of the Sixties

PART THREE: IDENTITY POLITICS AND ACTIVIST PROJECTS

CHAPTER 8: Sisters and Queers: The Decentering of Lesbian Feminism

CHAPTER 9: Small Change: Radical Politics since the 1960s

CHAPTER 10: Gay and Lesbian Experiences and Sensibilities in the Antiwar Movement

CHAPTER 11: Reweaving the New World Order: An Ecofeminist Analysis

CHAPTER 13: Industrial Racism, the Environmental Crisis, and the Denial of Social Justice

CHAPTER 14: The Iconography of Hazardous Waste

CHAPTER 15: The Media Environment after Desert Storm

PART FOUR: SEARCHING FOR STRATEGY: DILEMMAS OF ACTIVISM

CHAPTER 16: Movements and Dissensus Politics

CHAPTER 17: Think Globally, Act Politically: Some Notes toward New Movement Strategy

CHAPTER 18: The Uses of Freedom: Postcommunist Transformation in Eastern Europe

CHAPTER 19: The Global Planet and the Internal Planet: New Frontiers for Collective Action and Individual Transformation

CHAPTER 20: New Social Movements and the Transformation to Post-Fordist Society

CHAPTER 21: Rethinking Revolution in Light of he New Social Movements

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS AND INDEX

About the Contributors

Index
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Clinical Work with Substance-Abusing Clients (Chap. 6 "12-Step Programs as a Treatment Modality")
by Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner. 494 pgs.

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Part I: An Introduction to Clinical Practice with Substance-Abusing Clients

Chapter 1: Assessment and Treatment of Clients with Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Problems

Part II: Varying Perspectives on Intervention with Substance Abusers

Chapter 2: Motivating Substance-Abusing Clients through the Helping Process

Chapter 3: The Clinical Practice of Harm Reduction

Chapter 4: Working with Mandated Substance Abusers

Chapter 5: Assessment and Intervention with Clients Who Have Coexisting Psychiatric and Substance-Related Disorders

Chapter 6: 12-Step Programs as a Treatment Modality

Chapter 7: Relapse Prevention

Part III: Intervention with Abusers of Different Substances

Chapter 8: Treatment of Alcohol Problems

Chapter 9: Treatment of Opiate Addiction

Chapter 10: Treatment of Stimulant Dependence

Part IV: Assessment and Intervention with Families of Substance Abusers

Chapter 11: Family Treatment of Substance Abuse

Chapter 12: Treating the Partners of Substance Abusers

Chapter 13: Dynamics and Treatment Issues with Children of Drug and Alcohol Abusers

Part V: Special Issues and Special Populations

Chapter 14: Assessment and Treatment of Adolescent Substance Abusers

Chapter 15: Substance Abuse Problems among Older Adults

Chapter 16: Assessment and Intervention with Alcohol- and Drug-Abusing Women

Chapter 17: Substance Abusers with Borderline Disorders

Chapter 18: Treatment of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Substance Abusers

Chapter 19: Substance Abuse in Homeless Persons

Chapter 20: HIV / AIDS and Intravenous Drug Users

Chapter 21: Practice and Policy Issues

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The Selfish Brain: Learning from Addiction (Chap. 11 "Twelve-Step Programs: A Modern Miracle")
by Robert L. DuPont. 596 pgs.

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The Selfish Brain: Learning From Addiction takes a comprehensive, no-holds-barred look at the easy path to drug addiction and the tough road to recovery. Written in an easy-to-understand style, this book can help people confront addiction in their own lives and in their families by exploring the biological roots of addiction and the way addicts are allowed to deny their addiction by compassionate, well-meaning people. Based on his experience as a specialist on addiction and as a policymaker, former drug czar Robert L. DuPont, M.D., advocates "tough-love" measures to strip away the denial that allows addicts to remain trapped in their destructive habit and place them on the road to recovery. He examines treatment options, especially 12-step programs, which he believes are the most effective path to recovery.

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The Selfish Brain: Learning from Addiction

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Preface

About the Author

Section I: Thinking About Addiction

Chapter 1: Addiction to Alcohol and Other Drugs

Chapter 2: A World History of Drug Abuse

Chapter 3: The Contemporary Scene for Alcohol and Other Drugs

Section II: The Brain and Addiction

Chapter 4: The Brain Target Organ of Addiction

Chapter 5: Gateway Drugs Alcohol, Marijuana, and Cocaine

Chapter 6: Heroin and Other Drugs of Abuse

Section III: Overcoming Addiction

Chapter 7: The Addict's Career

Chapter 8: Codependence the Mirror of Addiction

Chapter 9: Preventing Addiction

Chapter 10: Intervention and Treatment

Chapter 11: Twelve-Step Programs a Modern Miracle

Chapter 12: Tough Policy Choices to Prevent Addiction

Chapter 13: The Future of Addiction

A Personal Footnote

Drug Facts

Bibliotherapy

Appendix 1: Twelve-Step Fellowship and Other Mutual-Aid Group Descriptions

Appendix 2: Resources

Index
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Examining Mechanisms of Action in 12-Step Treatment: The Role of 12-Step Cognitions, in Journal of Studies on Alcohol
by Jon Morgenstern, Donald Bux, Erich Labouvie, Kimberly A. Blanchard, Thomas J. Morgan. 8 pgs.
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The Paradox of Powerlessness: Gender, Sex, and Power in 12-Step Groups, in Women and Language
by Sandra L. Herndon. 6 pgs.
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Professional Interventions That Facilitate 12-Step Self-Help Group Involvement, in Alcohol Research & Health
by Keith Humphreys. 6 pgs.
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Twelve-Step Recovery and Community Service, in Health and Social Work
by Linda Farris Kurtz, Michael Fisher. 9 pgs.
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Spirituality and the Secular Quest (Chap. 11 "Twelve-Step Programs")
by Peter H. van Ness. 576 pgs.

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World Spirituality

Board of Editors and Advisors

Contents

Preface to the Series

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Spirituality and the Secular Quest

Notes

Part One: Periods and Movements

1: Sources in Ancient Greece and Rome

Notes

Bibliography

2: Sources Outside of Europe

Notes

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3: The European Enlightenment

Notes

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4: The American Experience

Notes

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5: The Emergence of Historical Consciousness

Notes

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6: The Flowering of the Romantic Spirit

Notes

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7: Deconstructionist Aestheticism

Notes

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8: New Age Spirituality

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Part Two: Themes and Practices

9: Holistic Health Practices

Notes

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10: Psychotherapies

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11: Twelve Step Programs

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12: Feminist Spirituality

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13: Gay Spirituality

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14: Social Justice Struggle

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15: Scientific Inquiry

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16: Naturalistic Recreations

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17: Ecological Activism

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18: Arts

Notes

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19: Sports

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20: Games

Notes

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Contributors

Indexes
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In the Shadow of the Epidemic: Being HIV-Negative in the Age of AIDS ("The Twelve-Step Programs" begins on p. 134)
by Walt Odets. 318 pgs.

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More praise for In the Shadow of the Epidemic:

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

A Word about the Writer and the Reader

Chapter 1: Why We Need a Book about Being HIV-Negative

Chapter 2: The Psychological Epidemic

Chapter 3: Survivor Guilt and Related Family Matters

Chapter 4: Life in the Shadow: Loss and Mourning

Chapter 5: Being Outsiders: The "HIV-Negative" Identity

Chapter 6: Being Alone

Chapter 7: Being Together: The Relations of Positives and Negatives

Chapter 8: Being Sexual: The Politics and Humanity of Gay Sex in the Epidemic

Chapter 9: Being Here: Other Kinds of Survival

Epilogue

Notes

Index
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Sex and Love: Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery ("Twelve-Step Programs: H.O.W." begins on p. 92)
by Eric Griffin-Shelley. 222 pgs.

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The National Institute of Health has identified sexual addiction as a research priority. This volume provides a detailed definition of sex and love addiction as well as an explicit outline of treatment and recovery. It uniquely integrates sex and love in its formulation and presents a two level approach to recovery. This presentation provides in-depth examples and suggestions for change and supports the growing involvement of Twelve-Step programs in mental health. Professionals will find this volume an excellent resource in their clinical practice.

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Acknowledgments

1: Introduction

2: What is a Sex and Love Addiction?

3: The Disease Concept of Addictions

4: Short-Term Treatment and Recovery

5: Long-Term Treatment and Recovery

Bibliography

Index

About the Author
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Remembering the Lizard: Reconstructing Sexuality in the Rooms of Narcotics Anonymous, in The Journal of Sex Research
by Lesley L. Green, Mindy Thompson Fullilove, Robert E. Fullilove. 7 pgs.

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