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The 12 Steps

Many people are shocked to discover the 12 steps and/or Alcoholics Anonymous don't actually offer any treatment for alcohol abuse other than group therapy to discuss the drinking problem with others and spiritual intervention to stop drinking.

Residential Treatment
Residential care for alcohol usually involves following the 12 steps & attending group therapy daily for 8 to 12 weeks with no guarantee one will stop drinking at the end of the program.

In a lot of treatment centres the individual is told they have an incurable disease and they need to attend weekly AA meeting for life to continually reinforce the steps, prices for this type of treatment start from £5,400 to over £20,000 per visit.

In addition, if the individual starts drinking again after residential care, this means the entire money spent has just been wasted.

12 Steps - No Real Help
Therefore, many people find it difficult to believe that the 12 steps are even recommended for people struggling with alcohol problems as they were drafted in 1935 (72 years ago) and have no real treatment, while critics point out this only highlights what little 'practical' help there actually is for dealing with alcohol problems.

Practical Help
We provide a provide a modern day approach to alcohol addiction and actually stops the cravings to drink, so our clients can break their cycle of addiction, stop drinking and regain control in their lives.





The 12 Steps of Alcohol Anonymous

  1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol and that our lives had become unmanageable.
  2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
  3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
  4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
  5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
  6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
  7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
  8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
  9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
  10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
  11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him , praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
  12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

The 12 step program has many critics as addicts are encouraged to attend every day for 90 days, then attend weekly meetings and follow the steps religiously for life, there is no actual treatment and many people who attend meetings are still drinking.

After 72 years the 12 steps are the only help an alcoholic is offered to deal with their addiction, many people now believe it's time other treatments were widely used to help stop alcohol and other addictions.

 

 
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