Emotions Anonymous (national – 1,400 groups).
Eating Disorders Anonymous (international – 20 groups).Eating Addictions Anonymous (national – 6 groups).Dual Recovery Anonymous (chemical dependency & psychiatric recovery – 30 groups nationwide).Dual Disorders Anonymous (chemical dependency & psychiatric recovery – 23 groups in Illinois area).Drugs Anonymous (national – formerly Pills Anonymous – 10 groups).Domestic Violence Anonymous (international – 32 groups, mostly in CA).Dis-Ability Anonymous (1 group in New York City).Depressed Anonymous (international, 5 groups).Debtors Anonymous (national – 400+ groups).DD-Anon (loved ones of those with dissociative or multiple personality disorder – 1 group in WI).Crystal-Meth Anonymous (15 groups in CA).Criminals & Gangs Anonymous (model 12-step group that has several groups within California prisons).Convicts Anonymous (to stop criminal behavior, there were 3 groups in Washington State).Compulsive Stutterers Anonymous (national model – 4 groups).Co-Dependents Anonymous for Helping Professionals (international – 25 groups).Co-Dependents Anonymous (national – 3,500+ groups).Co-Anon Family Groups (cocaine – groups in New York City and Los Angeles – 40 groups).Cocaine Anonymous (international – 1,500 groups).Clergy Helping Clergy (groups in Minnesota).Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Anonymous (2 groups in NJ).Children’s & Youth Emotions Anonymous (national – 10 groups related to Emotions Anonymous).Chemically Dependent Anonymous (national – 90 groups).Chapter Nine (recovering couples – a few groups in NY City area & MD).Caregivers Anonymous (caring for elderly relatives – 1 group in NJ).Calix Society (national – Catholic alcoholics – 44 groups).Bettors Anonymous (several groups in Massachusetts).Benzodiazepines Anonymous (several groups in CA).ARTS Anonymous (Artists Recovering thru Twelve Steps, creativity, other problems – int’l – 90 groups).Adult Children of Sexual Dysfunction (several groups in Minnesota).Adult Children of Sexual Abuse (4 groups in Florida).ACOA – Adult Children of Alcoholics (international – 1,700+ groups).Abuse Alternatives Anonymous (1 group in Westchester, NY).Alateen (international – part of Al-Anon Family Groups – 4,100+ groups).Al-Anon Family Groups (international – 32,000+ groups).Alcoholics Anonymous (international – 94,000 groups).Please note that the figures on the numbers of local groups are a rough approximation (primarily from 1997 data – so it’s old!). So please understand this is a very rough draft list of 12-Step groups (and other groups that adapt the 12-steps or use “anonymous” or have adapted the steps in different ways to different issues). People are always starting and adapting groups that meet their needs. The interesting aspect is that there are so many different groups.