<P> A twelve - step program is a set of guiding principles outlining a course of action for recovery from addiction , compulsion , or other behavioral problems . Originally proposed by Alcoholics Anonymous ( AA ) as a method of recovery from alcoholism , the Twelve Steps were first published in the 1939 book Alcoholics Anonymous : The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism . The method was adapted and became the foundation of other twelve - step programs . </P>
<P> A twelve - step program is a set of guiding principles outlining a course of action for recovery from addiction , compulsion , or other behavioral problems . Originally proposed by Alcoholics Anonymous ( AA ) as a method of recovery from alcoholism , the Twelve Steps were first published in the 1939 book Alcoholics Anonymous : The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism . The method was adapted and became the foundation of other twelve - step programs . </P>
when were the 12 steps of aa written
when were the 12 steps of aa written
1939
1939