13th stepper

English Noun en slang A more experienced member of a Twelve-step program 12 step recovery program who targets newcomers for romantic or sexual relationships. en https://archive.org/details/infinitejestnove0000wall_g2m1/page/862/mode/2up?q=%2213th+stepper%22 Infinite Jest Wallace, David Foster 1996 One of Boston AA’s stronger suggestions is that newcomers avoid all romantic relationships for at least a year. So somebody with some sober time predating and trying to seduce a newcomer is almost tantamount to rape, is the Boston consensus. Not that it isn’t done. But the ones that do it never have the kind of sobriety anybody else respects or wants for themselves. A 13th-Stepper is still running from the mirror himself. en 2013 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Rapist Anonymous Amanda Rollins: You went undercover to an A. A. meeting?Nick Amaro: Rollins, look. I went out with some of the other guys from the group. All right, they said Nate preys on women new to the program. They call him a "13th-stepper". https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3305432/characters/nm1534207 en Guy told me that he was a “13th stepper” in AA for many years and had sex with over 200 women. http://www.guybyeadon.com/my-story.html 2016 Guy B Yeadon Guy B. Yeadon, MA Counseling Psychology Archived copy 13 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20161110231440/http://www.guybyeadon.com/my-story.html 10 November 2016 Related terms en 13th step