12 Steps
Have come to realize that I am powerless over my drinking/using and my life has become unmanageable
What is Step One
What is Naltrexone?
An Opiate Blocker.
100 Point Bonus: What two drugs does Naltrexone stop cravings for?
The three things any one attempting to enter Recovery should change
What are People Places and Things
100 point bonus: Can you explain why?
A way to deal with feelings, thoughts and objects that reduces stress and relapse chances.
What is a Coping Skill
A place to clean out the drugs from my body and begin to reset my brain chemistry.
What is Detox
Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all
What is Step Eight
The brain structures called that form the area of the brain which is responsible for addiction?
What is The Limbic System (aka The Lizard Brain)
Relapse begins when you put the chemicals in your body. True or False?
False.
2-00 point Bonus: Can you explain why?
Reading a Book, Taking a Walk, Going to A Meeting,
Meditating, Prayer, Exercise, Working.
Which is not an effective coping skill?
Working
200 point bonus: Can you explain why?
Small sayings that carry lots of knowledge in them.
What is a Maxim
What year was AA created and by whom?
1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr Bob
The neurotransmitter responsible for Pleasure, Reward, and Motivation?
What is Dopamine
A group of people that are not family or friend whom understand your position in life
What is a Support System
100 point bonus: Can you explain why they cant be friends or family?
These generally precede the feelings of a craving and or a relapse and are an excellent time to use coping skills.
What are Triggers
there are hundresd of 12 step support groups. Name 5
What are AA, NA, CA, CODA, ALA-NON, ALA-TEEN,HA, SAA, OEA etc etc
200 point bonus: tell us what these initials means and what the support groups are for
A chapter of the Big Book of AA describing Resentments, Step 4 and how to create a chart of ones Fearless Moral Inventory
What is Chapter 5, How it Works
The Neurotransmitter responsible for Mood, Happiness, and in its absence Depression
What is Seratonin
A complete change in who you are, how you live and behave results in this sate of life often called________
It has this name because you are always _________ from the damage you have done to your self and life from years of addiction
Recovery, Recovering
Medication Assisted Treatment, known as MAT often relies on several medications to help manage cravings and relapse. Name three
Naltrexone, Vivtrol, Baclofen, Campril, Anabuse, Suboxone, Sublocade, Methadone
200 point bonus: Which of the above have a detox associated with them?
Preying on new comers in the support meetings for sexual purposes.
What is the 13th Step
According to AA, what are the first pages of the Big Book that you should read?
The first 165. 200 point Bonus: Can you explain why?
The two Neurotransmitters responsible for exciting and slowing down the nervous system. When thrown out of balance by alcoholism, seizures can occur.
Glutamate & GABA
Relapse is a process. True or false, and explain why.
The process of relapse begins with attiude changes, taking back ones willingness and running ones own program. From there one begins to hang around people places and things that toxic for them and become dishonest so as to hide things form thier supports. Eventually this all leads to putting the chemical in your body
Calling one's self out and being __________ with people in your life is the most important of all cooping skills.
What is Hones, Truthful, etc.
200 point bonus, can you explain why?
A place where a person can go after treatment to live, Recover and be in the company of others working similar programs for the same reasons.
What is a Half Way house, Oxford House or Sober Living