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