12-step

Example Sentences

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If any of what has occurred this week makes sense to you, then you might need therapy or a 12-step program.

From Salon • Jan. 9, 2026

And 12-step support groups, including Debtors Anonymous, provide a safe space to talk about your debt.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 28, 2025

“Coyote” offers intimate shadings on a story that will be familiar to fans of literary biography or anyone who has ever attended a 12-step recovery program.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

AA’s ubiquity has resulted in countless depictions of 12-step recovery on-screen, an entire subgenre of “quit lit” memoirs, podcasts, and celebrity interviews.

From Slate • Sep. 10, 2025

I still share the story of my dad in 12-step meetings — anonymously, these people don’t know I’m Leonard Nimoy’s son — and it resonates with people having trouble with their own parents.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2024