How many steps are in recovery?

How many steps are in recovery depends on which recovery program or model you are referring to, as different frameworks have different numbers of steps. The most famous recovery program is Alcoholics Anonymous AA and other 12-step programs, which have 12 steps for addiction recovery, including admitting powerlessness, believing higher power can help, making moral inventory, admitting wrongs, making amends, and helping others. Some programs have adapted to 8 steps or 6 steps for faith-based recovery. In medical and physical therapy recovery, number of steps is not fixed and depends on injury severity, often described as phases like acute, subacute, and chronic rather than numbered steps. In mental health recovery, some models describe 5 stages or 4 phases rather than steps. In business continuity recovery, there may be 5 or 7 steps. In general, recovery is non-linear and number of steps is framework dependent. For addiction, most people refer to 12 steps, but SMART Recovery uses 4 points, and some counseling approaches use 5 stages of change including precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance. So answer varies by program.