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Clutterers Anonymous (CLA) is a twelve-step program for people who share a common problem with accumulation of clutter. CLA does not exist to provide housekeeping hints, tips on sorting and filing, or lectures on time management, but instead focuses on the underlying issues made manifest by unnecessary physical and emotional clutter.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=What CLA Offers - Clutterers Anonymous )〕 CLA has active meetings in about 70 cities in 24 states in the US, and several in England, Germany, and Iceland, as of June 9, 2011.〔http://www.clutterersanonymous.org Clutterers Anonymous〕 CLA Tradition 3 states, "The only requirement for CLA membership is a desire to stop cluttering."〔 Clutterers Anonymous replaces "powerless over alcohol" in the First Step of the Twelve Suggested Steps originally developed by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) with "powerless over our clutter." CLA was founded in May 1989 in Simi Valley, California.〔 Some believe that cluttering behavior can be symptomatic of deeper issues. Problem clutterers are more likely to have depression, mania, OCD or ADHD.〔 Any of these disorders can be co-morbid with compulsive hoarding. Others attribute cluttering to the human desire to hunt and gather, while still others describe it as a consequence of over-consumption. Some members of CLA describe the inability to let go of objects as a consequence of spiritual emptiness.〔 Unlike alcoholism, addiction, or depression, cluttering is rarely lethal (although serious injury or death can occur from clutter-related accidental trips, falls or fires), but it can have other devastating consequences. In extreme cases, clutterers have been evicted from dwellings, lost custody of children, or have even been jailed for violations of building, health or fire codes. (However, this has tended to become more a thing of the past, with more awareness and exposure on various TV shows.). The CLA-approved literature includes the two fundamental texts of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), ''Alcoholics Anonymous'' (the so-called "Big Book") and the ''Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions'' as well as eight CLA-specific leaflets, and a 28-page booklet, "Is CLA for You? A Newcomer's Guide to Recovery.〔(Clutterers Anonymous )〕 At some meetings, CLA members read directly from both books and may replace the word "alcoholic" with "clutterer." Clutterers Anonymous is not associated with Messies Anonymous, a support group founded by Sandra Felton, which uses her copyrighted publications. ==See also== *List of twelve-step groups *Self-help groups for mental health 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clutterers Anonymous」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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