Billy W, who co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), wrote the first 12-step program in a small office in Downtown Newark, NJ and they were first published in 1939.
Since then Narcotics Anonymous (NA) and many other organizations have started their own 12-step programs, proving to be an effective means for some if not many to get help from themselves and their ailments.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) does not have a 12-step program. Here is mine. PTSD – A 12-Step Program to Healing 1. We admit we have PTSD and must manage it, so that it does not manage us and all those around us. 2. We must come to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to our true selves.
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