12-step
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Plus, 12-step support groups, including Debtors Anonymous, provide a safe space to talk about your background and your emotional life.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 23, 2026
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
Mr. Brewer intertwines the movie’s two registers brilliantly in an opening scene in which Mr. Jackman does a brief musical performance that doubles as the monologue he delivers to his 12-step group.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 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
“It’s insane that like a 9-year-old who has perfect skin is doing a 12-step skin-care routine.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2024