ABC History
Talk the Talk
The Basics
Acronyms
"Boundaries"
200

What meeting is ABC Recovery Center most well-known for?

Friday night "Dress to Impress" Speaker Meeting

200

What is the phrase used in AA encouraging you to focus on your recovery for a 24 hour period

One day at a time

200

A meeting that ANYONE can attend?

An open meeting

200

H.A.L.T.

Hungry

Angry

Lonely

Tired

200

Honoring ourselves as a separate individual with needs and wants that often differ from others

Boundaries

400

What year was ABC founded?

1963

400

What phrase is used to describe how we are fallible, make mistakes and learn from them

Progress not perfection

400

A sober person offering newcomers suggestions on recovery

A sponsor

400

H.O.W.

Honesty

Open-mindedness

Willingness

400

Your needs for physical space and your comfort with touch

Physical Boundaries

600

What is ABC Recovery Center renowned for?

For being the first treatment center in Riverside County OR for helping pregnant women recover

600

What phrase encourages honesty and authenticity?

To thine own self be true

600

What is the key to all of our problems? (Big Book p. 417)

Acceptance

600

S.L.I.P.

Sobriety

Lost 

It's

Priorty

600

Respecting and honoring feelings and energies of yourself and others

Emotional Boundaries

800

Who was the first Executive Director of ABC?

Danny Leahy

800

What phrase is used to encourage sponsorship?

You can only keep what you have by giving it away

800

What is our code? (Big Book p. 84)

Love and tolerance

800

F.E.A.R.

Face

Everything

And 

Recover

800

Understanding your priorities and not overcommitting

Time Boundaries

1000

What year did ABC begin to accept female clients?

1979

1000

What phrase helps you focus on spiritual solutions rather than emotional responses?

Principles before personalities

1000

The Big Book states that most of our spiritual experiences are of this variety? (Big Book p.183)

Educational

1000

H.O.P.E.

Hearing

Other

People's

Experiences

1000

Respect for the ideas of other people

Intellectual Boundaries

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