Whats the Problem
Instead of just blaming others, Step 1 is about getting honest and admitting you are powerless over this.
What is your addiction/substance?
Step 2 is all about realizing that a Power greater than yourself can help restore you to this.
In recovery, accepting life on life's terms means dropping this annoying emotion
What is resentment?
The original text of Alcoholics Anonymous that 12 Steps Unplugged breaks down is known by this simple nickname.
What is the Big Book?
This term is used to describe a meeting that anyone—even a curious teen or family member—can attend.
What is an open meeting?
This is how Step 1 describes the state of your everyday world when addiction takes over.
What is unmanageable?
This term means letting go of your need to be in charge of your addiction and giving up the fight.
What is surrender?
Chapter 2 teaches that this one word is the answer to all of our problems
What is acceptance?
Chapter 2 emphasizes that you have this in common with alcoholics from 70 years ago, even though it may seem like they lived in a totally different era.
What is the same struggles and feelings?
In a 12-step program, this is a person further along in recovery who guides you through the steps.
What is a sponsor?
Chapter 2 highlights that people struggling with addiction often feel a lack of control, also known as hitting this.
What is a rock bottom?
Chapter 2 explains that a "Higher Power" doesn’t have to be religious; it can simply be this.
What is the 12-Step group, nature, or the universe?
When a bad thing happens or a craving hits, Chapter 2 encourages you to practice this healthy skill instead of reacting right away.
What is pausing or taking a step back?
Chapter 2 tells the story of this specific founder of AA, who originally wrote the philosophies for adults.
Who is Bill W.?
12-step programs treat addiction not as a moral failing, but as this type of medical condition.
What is a chronic disease?
According to the book, one of the biggest roadblocks teens face with addiction is this false feeling that nothing can ever hurt you.
Instead of running on your own will, Step 3 asks you to turn your life over to the care of this.
What is God as you understand Him?
Step 4 is about doing a deep, fearless dive into your past, also known as writing this.
What is a moral inventory?
To show that anyone can relate to the program, Chapter 2 translates these old-fashioned ideas into this.
What is fresh, frank, and teen-friendly language?
This principle of the 12 steps encourages you to be completely truthful with yourself and others.
What is honesty?
Step 1 is about letting go of control and giving up the ___.
What is the illusion that you can control your habit?
Teens in recovery often struggle with "surrender" because they confuse it with this feeling of weakness or losing a fight.
What is giving up?
Instead of using drugs or alcohol to hide, the "solution" means finding healthy ways to handle these.
What are your feelings?
When the Big Book mentions "God," 12 Steps Unplugged encourages teen readers to create this.
What is their own personal definition of a Higher Power?
Group meetings provide this crucial element, which means sharing your story and never feeling alone.
What is peer support?