12 Step Recovery Program in Austin

What is a 12 Step Recovery Program?

The twelve-step recovery process is a program designed specifically to help addicts find their own understanding and connect to a power greater than themselves and recover from their addiction. Once a person admits they need help, completes all 12 steps, and get’s connected to a higher power, they are able to give back to the people who are still struggling. 

At the Last Resort rehab center, we utilize the 12 steps because they have been one of the most historically effective forms of treatment for alcohol and drug abuse. Our residential treatment program integrates 12-step recovery and proven treatment methods to create a treatment plan and a strong foundation for long-lasting sobriety.

The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous

1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol — that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

The 12-Step Immersion Program at the Last Resort Recovery

For years, the twelve steps have been used to help people recover from addiction. Most treatment programs use the guidelines of the 12 steps or have implemented them in their addiction recovery programs. 

At the Last Resort, we recognize the importance of this long-standing process and have taken it a step further. Combined with our medical care, we have created a true 12-Step immersion program with treatment options that will help those with substance use disorder and give them the tools needed to sustain long-term recovery for a lifetime. Our drug rehab center incorporates individual counseling, group therapy, mental health treatment services, and a holistic approach for people struggling to stay sober.

Many patients who enter our addiction treatment program have been introduced to 12 step programs like Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous. They often feel these programs do not work for them and have given up hope. Our 12-step integration is more than going to at least one meeting a week. We study and immerse ourselves in the literature to gain a proper understanding. We study the spiritual principles of the 12 steps, help them with a thorough moral inventory, admitting powerlessness, and making amends. Ongoing 12-Step immersion provides the deeper spiritual insight, renewed motivation, and peer support needed for lasting recovery.

Find Long Term Support Through 12 Step Communities in Austin, TX

One of the many benefits of a 12-step program is the long-term support this community provides to those with alcoholism. What is next after treatment? How do I maintain sobriety? What will I do for fun, or how do I find new friends? These concerns and more are overcome through 12-step support. 

You can join the 12-step support groups free of charge. You are provided long-term treatment support by other members who have struggled with substance abuse, found freedom, and reclaimed their lives. Here, you will find support through the subsequent phases of life from others that have experienced it and have maintained sobriety. 

Through the good, the bad, and the ugly, there will always be a helping hand to provide the needed support. You will find a community of like-minded friends that will become your new brotherhood. The foundation and support you have been lacking in your recovery are now just a phone call away.

A New Way of Life Through the Twelve Steps

In addition to the 12-step community providing the support needed to overcome addiction, it offers an opportunity for a new way of life with profound meaning. 

The 12 step program of Alcoholics Anonymous states, “Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics…” providing a new sense of purpose and duty for those who are recovered. A new way of life where they can help others recover from the same darkness they once lived in.