Editing Twelve-step program (section)

==Overview==
Twelve-step methods have been adapted to address a wide range of [[alcoholism]], [[substance abuse]], and [[Substance dependence|dependency]] problems. Over 200 mutual aid organizations—often known as [[List of Twelve-Step groups|fellowships]]—with a worldwide membership of millions have adopted and adapted AA’s 12 Steps and 12 Traditions for [[Recovery model|recovery]]. [[Narcotics Anonymous]] was formed by addicts who did not relate to the specifics of alcohol dependency.<ref name="NABIGBOOKCHAP8">{{cite book | author = Narcotics Anonymous | title = Narcotics Anonymous | chapter-url = https://archive.org/details/narcoticsanonymonarc | chapter-url-access = registration | chapter = Chapter 8: We Do Recover | edition = 4th | isbn = 0-912075-02-3 | oclc = 14377415| location = Van Nuys, CA | publisher = Narcotics Anonymous World Service Office | year = 1987}}{{page needed|date=September 2017}}</ref>

Demographic preferences related to the addicts' drug of choice has led to the creation of [[Cocaine Anonymous]], [[Crystal Meth Anonymous]] and [[Marijuana Anonymous]]. Behavioral issues such as compulsion for or addiction to [[gambling]], [[crime]], [[food]], [[Human sexual activity|sex]], [[compulsive hoarding|hoarding]], getting into [[debt]] and [[workaholism|work]] are addressed in fellowships such as [[Gamblers Anonymous]], [[Overeaters Anonymous]], [[Sexaholics Anonymous]] and [[Debtors Anonymous]].

Auxiliary groups such as [[Al-Anon]] and [[Nar-Anon]], for friends and family members of alcoholics and addicts, respectively, are part of a response to treating addiction as a disease that is [[Alcoholism in family systems|enabled by family systems]].<ref name="CRNKOVIC1998">{{cite journal |last1=Crnkovic |first1=A. Elaine |last2=DelCampo |first2=Robert L. |title=A Systems Approach to the Treatment of Chemical Addiction |journal=Contemporary Family Therapy |volume=20 |issue=1 |date=March 1998 |pages=25–36 |doi=10.1023/A:1025084516633 |issn=1573-3335 |publisher=Springer Science&nbsp;+&nbsp;Business Media|s2cid=141085303 }}</ref> [[Adult Children of Alcoholics]] (ACA or ACOA) addresses the effects of growing up in an alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional family. [[Co-Dependents Anonymous]] ({{abbr|CoDA|Co-Dependents Anonymous}}) addresses compulsions related to relationships, referred to as [[codependency]].