Sponsorship
This person guides a newcomer through the 12 Steps and shares their recovery experience.
Who is a sponsor?
This stage occurs when a person actually uses alcohol or drugs.
What is use or intoxication?
This stage involves making plans and preparing to take action toward recovery.
What is Preparation?
What is stigma?
This refers to negative attitudes, stereotypes, or judgments about people with substance use disorders.
What is a decisional balance chart?
This tool helps individuals examine the pros and cons of making a change versus staying the same.
This recovery program emphasizes self-management, evidence-based tools, and cognitive-behavioral techniques.
What is SMART Recovery?
True or False: Relapse begins when a person takes the first drink or drug.
What is False? (Relapse often begins long before use with thoughts, behaviors, and emotional changes.)
What is the number of Americans living with a substance use disorder?
A.36.4 million
B. 55.2 billion
C. 44.6 million
The strong urge or desire to use a substance is called a ________.
What is a craving?
A sponsor's primary role is to share this, not to act as a therapist or counselor.
What is their personal experience, strength, and hope?
During this stage, a person may experience physical and emotional symptoms after stopping substance use.
What is withdrawal?
This is the first stage of change, where a person may not yet see their substance use as a problem
What is Precontemplation?
This type of stigma occurs when a person begins believing negative stereotypes about themselves.
What is self-stigma?
These are the perceived benefits of continuing substance use.
What are the pros of using?
These peer-led gatherings provide support, accountability, and fellowship for individuals in recovery.
What are recovery meetings?
True or False: People always move through the stages of change in a straight line without setbacks.
What is False?
What percentage of people who need treatment actually receive it? [webserv.io], [addictionhelp.com]
A. 25 PERCENT
B. 16 PERCENT
C. 4 PERCENT
Physical and emotional symptoms that occur when substance use is reduced or stopped are called ________.
What is withdrawal?
Many members are encouraged to do this when experiencing cravings, urges to use, or a difficult situation.
What is call your sponsor?
These people, places, emotions, or situations can increase the risk of returning to use.
What are triggers?
A person enters this stage when they actively begin making changes to support recovery.
What is Action?
Using terms like "person with a substance use disorder" instead of "addict" or "junkie" is an example of this.
What is person-centered language?
These include negative consequences such as legal issues, health problems, and damaged relationships.
What are the cons of using?
This recovery pathway incorporates mindfulness, meditation, and Buddhist principles.
What is Dharma Recovery?
True or False: Substance use disorder is recognized as a medical condition, not a moral failure.
What is True?
How many overdose deaths occurred in the U.S. in 2024?
C. 79,000 people
A person continues to use substances despite legal problems, relationship conflicts, and health issues. This reflects a key feature of ________.
What is substance use disorder?
A sponsor typically has more of this than the person they are sponsoring.
What is recovery time or sobriety experience?
This common feeling often leads individuals to seek immediate relief through substance use.
What is discomfort, stress, or emotional pain?
In this stage, a person begins recognizing the pros and cons of changing their substance use behavior.
What is Contemplation?
This feeling often increases when people are judged or shamed because of their substance use.
What is shame?
Improved health, better relationships, and financial stability are examples of these.
What are the pros of recovery?
This recovery fellowship is based on the 12 Steps and was originally created to help individuals recover from alcohol addiction.
What is Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)?
True or False: Using respectful, recovery-oriented language can help reduce stigma.
What is True?
Fentanyl remains the leading cause of overdose death and a major cause of death among Americans ages
A. 18-44
B. 12-56
C. 16-46
Many people in recovery experience both a substance use disorder and a mental health condition. This is called ________.
Co-occurring Disorders (Dual Diagnosis)
This is the suggested recovery work sponsors help members complete in AA, NA, and CA.
What are the 12 Steps?
This part of the addiction cycle is characterized by obsessive thinking about substances and planning how to obtain them.
What is craving or anticipation?
This stage focuses on sustaining recovery gains and preventing relapse over time.
What is Maintenance?
This is one reason stigma can be harmful to recovery.
What is it may prevent people from seeking help?
Fear of change, withdrawal symptoms, and losing social connections are examples of these.
What are the cons of recovery?
This common recovery meeting suggestion encourages members to attend frequently during early recovery.
What is "90 meetings in 90 days"?
True or False: A decisional balance chart is used to tell people what choice they should make.
What is False?
What percentage of people report being in recovery?
A. 73 percent
B. 99 percent
C. 16 percent
Feelings, situations, people, or places that increase the risk of substance use are called ________.
Triggers
If a sponsor is not a good fit, members are free to do this.
What is get a new sponsor?
These skills can help interrupt the addiction cycle before substance use occurs.
What are coping skills?
A person who says, "I know my drinking is causing problems, but I'm not sure I want to quit," is likely in this stage.
What is Contemplation?
A person avoids treatment because they are worried about what others will think. This is an example of stigma creating this.
What is a barrier to treatment?
A person states, "I know drinking is hurting my family, but it helps me relax after work." This statement shows this stage-related recovery skill.
What is weighing the pros and cons?
Consistent meeting attendance can help reduce isolation, increase accountability, and strengthen this.
What is recovery?
True or False: Recovery meetings are only beneficial during the first few months of sobriety.
What is False?
What percentage of people use to self medicate?
A. 20-25 percent
B. 30-35 percent
C. 50-55 percent
Depression, anxiety, and PTSD are examples of ________ health disorders.
Mental
A newcomer asks their sponsor for money, medical advice, and legal advice. These are generally considered outside of a sponsor's ________.
What is role or scope?
This recovery activity helps individuals identify where they are in the cycle and create a plan to avoid relapse.
What is relapse prevention planning?
Returning to substance use after a period of sobriety is often referred to as this.
What is Relapse?
Reducing stigma can increase treatment engagement, strengthen recovery, and improve this overall outcome.
What is quality of life?
When the costs of substance use begin to outweigh the benefits, a person is often more likely to enter this stage of change.
What is Contemplation or Preparation?
Research and recovery experience suggest that individuals who regularly attend recovery meetings often have stronger recovery outcomes because they receive support, accountability, hope, and this.
What is fellowship or a sense of community?
True or False: Addiction is considered a chronic medical condition that can be treated.
What is True?
Recovery is possible, with nearly 75 percent of adults reporting they are in recovery or recovered from a previous substance use problem. What does this statement give you?
HOPE!
People, groups, and services that help support recovery are known as a recovery ________.
Support System