Alcoholics Anonymous: https://www.aa.org/
A.A.’s Twelve Steps are a set of spiritual principles. When practiced as a way of life, they can expel the obsession to drink and enable the sufferer to recover from alcoholism.
The Twelve Traditions apply to A.A. as a whole. They outline how A.A. maintains its unity and relates itself to the world around it.
The book Alcoholics Anonymous describes the A.A. program of recovery. It also contains stories written by the co-founders and stories from a wide range of members who have found recovery in A.A.
Narcotics Anonymous: https://na.org/
NA was founded in 1953, and our membership growth was minimal during our initial twenty years as an organization. Since the publication of our Basic Text in 1983, the number of members and meetings has increased dramatically. Today, NA members hold nearly 76,000 meetings weekly in 143 countries. We offer recovery from the effects of addiction through working a twelve-step program, including regular attendance at group meetings.
S.M.A.R.T. Recovery: https://smartrecovery.org/
SMART Recovery is an evidenced-informed recovery method grounded in Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), that supports people with substance dependencies or problem behaviors to:
- Build and maintain motivation
- Cope with urges and cravings
- Manage thoughts, feelings and behaviors
- Live a balanced life
Recovery Dharma: https://recoverydharma.org/
Recovery Dharma is a peer-led movement and community that is unified by our trust in the potential of each of us to recover and find freedom from the suffering of addiction. We believe that the traditional Buddhist teachings, often referred to as the Dharma, offer a powerful approach to healing from addiction and living a life of true freedom.
We believe that recovery means empowerment, and we support each other as partners walking the path together. We believe that recovery is rooted in finding our own inner wisdom and individual journeys.
Recovery Dharma is founded on, and inspired by, Buddhism that originated in India and later on flourished in other regions of Asia (e.g., South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia). We deeply appreciate the Buddhist heritage that was protected and freely offered by the ancestors of these cultures.
National Alliance on Mental Illness: https://www.nami.org/
What started as a small group of families gathered around a kitchen table in 1979 has blossomed into the nation’s leading voice on mental health.
Today, we are an alliance of more than 650 local Affiliates and 49 State Organizations who work in your community to raise awareness and provide support and education that was not previously available to those in need.
We are dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.
Through our programs and services, we challenge stigma, champion supportive policies, and support and empower individuals and families. We are building stronger communities and a better future for everyone affected by mental illness.
LifeRing Secular Recovery: https://lifering.org/
LifeRing is a worldwide, peer-led community dedicated to helping individuals achieve freedom from alcohol and non-medically indicated drugs. Our approach centers on personal empowerment, encouraging you to develop and strengthen your Sober Self to achieve and maintain abstinence. We believe there are as many paths to a substance-free life as there are successful sober people. Through mutual support and the sharing of practical experiences, our network provides a safe, non-judgmental space to help you on your recovery journey.
- Information and Knowledge Exchange: Practical tools and insights from those with lived experience.
- Understanding and Encouragement: A non-judgmental community that truly gets it.
- Supportive Connections: Find safe and empowering connections through LifeRing’s local meetings, online meetings, Email groups, and various publications from the LifeRing Book Store — all here to help your recovery success.
Cocaine Anonymous: https://ca.org/
The only requirement for C.A. membership is “a desire to stop using cocaine and all other mind‑altering substances.”
Meetings are free, anonymous, and held every day online and in person.Thousands of recovering addicts are living drug-free and owning their lives again, by actively using the tools of recovery in the program of Cocaine Anonymous.
C.A. is a global, community-based 12-Step program for daily recovery that has worked for many thousands of people worldwide.
Taking the Twelve Steps prepares us for a spiritual awakening – a change in thinking, attitudes and outlook that frees us from active addiction.
Crystal Meth Anonymous: https://www.crystalmeth.org/
In 1994, Bill C., a recovering crystal meth addict 16 years sober in A.A. and the founding father of CMA, observed a growing number of other crystal meth addicts attending various twelve-step meetings in Los Angeles. Bill recalled that many of the secretaries of these meetings did not like the shares of the crystal meth addicts and were therefore reluctant to call on them in meetings. Bill maintained that there ought to be a place for these people to share.
Though the program of recovery as outlined in the Twelve Steps would clearly work for crystal meth addicts, the other meetings’ singleness of purpose meant that many who exclusively used crystal felt uncomfortable participating fully in these meetings and fellowships. Bill believed that these people would benefit from a special-purpose meeting for those recovering from addiction to crystal meth.
From this idea the fellowship of Crystal Meth Anonymous was born.
Celebrate Recovery: https://celebraterecovery.com/
Celebrate Recovery was founded in 1991 as a ministry of Saddleback Church by Pastor John and Cheryl Baker. John shared with Senior Pastor Rick Warren a vision God had given him for a new Christ-centered ministry where people could find freedom from their hurts, hang-ups, and habits.
The first night 43 people attended, and Celebrate Recovery was born with only four Open Share Groups — Men’s and Women’s Chemical Dependency, and Men’s and Women’s Co-Dependency. Over the years, thousands of people have gone through the program at Saddleback Church. Many of them have gone on to serve in Celebrate Recovery and other areas of the church.
Thousands of churches have started a Celebrate Recovery ministry around the world, and that number continues to grow. Celebrate Recovery is not just growing in churches, but in recovery houses, rescue missions, universities, and prisons around the world. It continues to be a growing global movement!
All quotes are sourced from the organization’s websites