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Definition of twelve-step in English: twelve-stepadjective attributive Denoting or relating to a process of recovery from an addiction by following a twelve-stage programme, especially one devised or similar to that devised by Alcoholics Anonymous. Example sentencesExamples - ‘Take one day at a time,’ they say in the twelve-step system.
- The answer in twelve-step programs is ‘No,’ an answer which points toward a very important distinction: spirituality and religion are not the same!
- Maybe I can get into a twelve-step programme for this.
- They founded treatment facilities, twelve-step programs and halfway houses.
- No need for a twelve-step program or a sponsor or a little plastic chip that told me how many days it had been since my last shot.
- In addition, Chalfant examines the spiritual elements in twelve-step groups.
- Anyway, for him, it's great news, as he has managed to swerve a trial for possession of coke and heroin by pleading no contest and doing the twelve-step reshuffle.
- I've already joined a twelve-step program to help me with my aggression.
- In his study of the twelve-step programs, Chalfant found that the students who attended the group meetings distinguished the personal, spiritual approach of the programs from the institutionalized form of religion.
- Simply by being on the show, all six witnesses, as they were known, received free treatment in the twelve-step program of their choice.
- The third article presents a twelve-step approach to alcohol problems.
- Through AA and its allies, both the concept of addiction and AA's twelve-step method became widely accepted modes of defining and treating personal problems.
- Can the principles of twelve-step programs be applied to child-raising?
- Perhaps this twelve-step approach has helped some people suffering from sexual addiction.
- In the States, explained Kells, there are twelve-step programs everywhere, and everybody knows when they meet.
- Seekers must embrace the ethical requirements of truth and compassion, whether in an eightfold way or a twelve-step program.
- I'm thinking of forming a twelve-step group for authors addicted to Amazon.com.
- Melvin's words, sweet as they are, are dripping with twelve-step rhetoric.
- I remember someone saying once that they really hated my books because they weren't ‘inspiring,’ but I just can't get with this idea that literature is a twelve-step program.
- He'd considered joining one of those twelve-step groups after his marriage hit the skids and his bank account consisted of a few bills in his pocket.
verb [no object]often as noun twelve-steppingUndergo a twelve-step programme. Example sentencesExamples - But even though Babbit gets carried away at times trying to be silly while making a point (homosexuality is not something that can be twelve-stepped away), her absolutely ideal cast keeps the comedy anchored in exaggerated but emotionally true performances.
- My brother (several months sober at the time) had twelve-stepped me into Al-Anon a few years earlier.
- We always knew twelve-stepping was the best substitute for booze.
- He unapolegetically hasn't twelve-stepped his way into old age; indeed, at this point in his life, he'd probably croak if he stopped.
- Or, are these twelve-stepping starlets an out-picturing of a culture that is in pain and doesn't know any way out of it other than by numbing it?
- So much for the effectiveness of AA, and twelve-stepping in general.
- Despite all the hundreds of alcoholics he intensively twelve-stepped, despite earnest prayer and moralistic self-examination, his obsession with alcohol was not lifted.
- We tend to think of our own culture as being overly therapized, New-Aged, twelve-stepped on, too ready to turn to the latest fad diet, homeo-aromatherapy ear candles, or Alexander technique to tell us how to lead our lives.
- But you're right, something about twelve-stepping doesn't sit well with me, so I'm looking for a better path.
- Beer: it's a national pastime, a vice, a Saturday night solace, a problem to be twelve-stepped over and now, it's a newsgroup.
Derivatives noun Several of them were either alcoholics or proselytizing twelve-steppers. Example sentencesExamples - While I was in L.A., I saw a friend of mine who's a professional twelve-stepper.
Definition of twelve-step in US English: twelve-stepadjective Denoting or relating to a process of recovery from addiction by following a twelve-stage program, especially one modeled on that of Alcoholics Anonymous. Example sentencesExamples - In his study of the twelve-step programs, Chalfant found that the students who attended the group meetings distinguished the personal, spiritual approach of the programs from the institutionalized form of religion.
- They founded treatment facilities, twelve-step programs and halfway houses.
- Melvin's words, sweet as they are, are dripping with twelve-step rhetoric.
- Seekers must embrace the ethical requirements of truth and compassion, whether in an eightfold way or a twelve-step program.
- Can the principles of twelve-step programs be applied to child-raising?
- He'd considered joining one of those twelve-step groups after his marriage hit the skids and his bank account consisted of a few bills in his pocket.
- The answer in twelve-step programs is ‘No,’ an answer which points toward a very important distinction: spirituality and religion are not the same!
- No need for a twelve-step program or a sponsor or a little plastic chip that told me how many days it had been since my last shot.
- Maybe I can get into a twelve-step programme for this.
- In the States, explained Kells, there are twelve-step programs everywhere, and everybody knows when they meet.
- I've already joined a twelve-step program to help me with my aggression.
- I remember someone saying once that they really hated my books because they weren't ‘inspiring,’ but I just can't get with this idea that literature is a twelve-step program.
- ‘Take one day at a time,’ they say in the twelve-step system.
- Through AA and its allies, both the concept of addiction and AA's twelve-step method became widely accepted modes of defining and treating personal problems.
- Anyway, for him, it's great news, as he has managed to swerve a trial for possession of coke and heroin by pleading no contest and doing the twelve-step reshuffle.
- The third article presents a twelve-step approach to alcohol problems.
- Simply by being on the show, all six witnesses, as they were known, received free treatment in the twelve-step program of their choice.
- I'm thinking of forming a twelve-step group for authors addicted to Amazon.com.
- In addition, Chalfant examines the spiritual elements in twelve-step groups.
- Perhaps this twelve-step approach has helped some people suffering from sexual addiction.
verb often as noun twelve-stepping(of an addict) undergo a twelve-step program. Example sentencesExamples - My brother (several months sober at the time) had twelve-stepped me into Al-Anon a few years earlier.
- We tend to think of our own culture as being overly therapized, New-Aged, twelve-stepped on, too ready to turn to the latest fad diet, homeo-aromatherapy ear candles, or Alexander technique to tell us how to lead our lives.
- Beer: it's a national pastime, a vice, a Saturday night solace, a problem to be twelve-stepped over and now, it's a newsgroup.
- So much for the effectiveness of AA, and twelve-stepping in general.
- But you're right, something about twelve-stepping doesn't sit well with me, so I'm looking for a better path.
- He unapolegetically hasn't twelve-stepped his way into old age; indeed, at this point in his life, he'd probably croak if he stopped.
- But even though Babbit gets carried away at times trying to be silly while making a point (homosexuality is not something that can be twelve-stepped away), her absolutely ideal cast keeps the comedy anchored in exaggerated but emotionally true performances.
- Or, are these twelve-stepping starlets an out-picturing of a culture that is in pain and doesn't know any way out of it other than by numbing it?
- We always knew twelve-stepping was the best substitute for booze.
- Despite all the hundreds of alcoholics he intensively twelve-stepped, despite earnest prayer and moralistic self-examination, his obsession with alcohol was not lifted.
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