What is a 12 step program?
12-step programs are really the ones that use the model that was invented and developed in the 1930's by Bill W. and Dr. Bob. And that is the foundation for Alcoholics Anonymous. Since that time, it has been used as a foundation for a number of recovery groups which are about changing your perception, changing your behaviors, identifying what is important and basically how to get your life back in balance again. Those 12 steps are specific internal and external behaviors and activities that you will do in order to get your life back in balance. And the first one is that I have to do is admit that I have a problem. Because as long as I stay in denial I'm never going to get any kind of help. And that is the basis for any kind of change. I have to realize that there is a problem and that I want to change before anything is going to happen. The rest of the 12 steps are a structure about how to stop being so ego-centered and self-centered, how to be able to make amends for problems that you've recreated. How to reconnect with your life and how to get out of yourself and become an agent of service and goodwill in the world.
