How many children meet criteria for active addiction?
1 in 3
Which step is: Made Amends to those we had harmed, except when to do so would injure them or other?
a) 2
b) 9
c) 12
b) 9
Making amends to others is done after a significant amount of personal work. Amends do not mean much if they are not accompanied by changed behavior over a significant period of time.
True or False: 12 step programs cost money
False. There are no dues or fees for membership.
12 step meetings usually collect a voluntary donation of a dollar to pay to rent the room, buy coffee, chips, books, etc.
What was the first 12 step program?
Alcoholics Anonymous
What is the meaning of, "Keep Coming Back"?
"Keep coming back" is a slogan used in 12-step programs that encourages people to continue to attend meetings. It also encourages people to return to the program if they have relapsed.
What is a sponsor?
What step is, "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol, and that our lives had become unmanageable."
a) 5
b) 1
c) 3
d) 4
b) 1
What is required to join a 12 step program?
The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking & using.
Who started AA?
a) Bill W.
b) Dr. Bob
c) The Church of Christ
d) both A & B
d
What is the meaning of, "It Works if You Work It"
The program will work in a person's life in direct proportion to the honestly, open-mindedness, and willingness by which effort is made.
A person that is willing to take all suggestions made and follows the program as outlined in the programs' literature will experience improvements in their life.
What type of school do they mention in the film that is also a type of school that visitors have come from to speak to Sandstone?
A Recovery High School
What step is: Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity?
a) 4
b) 10
c) 2
d) 11
2
A definition of insanity is doing the same thing but expecting different results.
In step 2, we are restored to sanity in thinking that drinking/using will not cause us problems when we have proven that it does in the past.
What is the Principle associated with Step 1?
a) Acceptance
b) Honesty
c) Surrender
b) Honesty
We AMITTED we were powerless over alcohol, and that our lives had become unmanageable.
Only honesty is needed for step 1.
When was the first 12 Step Program created?
a) the 1880s
b) the 1930s
c) the 1960s
d) the 1990s
b) the first 12 step program was AA which was founded in 1935
True or False:
You must believe in Jesus to work the 12 Steps.
False
The 12 steps refer to "God" as a broad concept. It simply needs to be a power greater than oneself that one can rely upon.
This could be any conception of god, goddess, the divine, spirit of the universe.
In the 12 steps, everyone's "God" can be different.
What is a Collegiate Recovery Program?
A program on a college campus that supports students in their recovery through activities and mentoring. Some have sober dorms.
What is the principle of step 12?
a) Love
b) Honesty
c) Service
d) Courage
c) Service
"Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.”
Caring the message is service. Service keeps people sober, which is why people that want to be sober, joyous and free often stay in 12 step programs for the rest of their lives.
What is the Principle associated with Step 9?
a) Responsibility
b) Service
c) Surrender
a) Responsibility
Taking responsibility for past actions and responsibility for your recovery so that you do not continue to hurt people.
When was NA founded?
a) 1915
b) 1993
c) 1953
d) 1979
c) 1953
the Serenity Prayer
God, Grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
the Courage to change the things I can,
and the Wisdom to know the difference.
What is one university with a collegiate recovery program that is mentioned in the film?
Rutgers University in NJ