DR. Nicole Labor
The refusal to acknowledge or accept what is true
What is denial
Name of the Big Book chapter that contains a list of the 12 steps
What is How It Works?
Name a coping skill that releases endorphins
Exercise
Bill & Dr. Bob were originally members of this group before they founded AA?
The Oxford Group.
Why do we have the 12 traditions in AA?
To ensure that all groups are operating under the same principles.
Which part of the brain helps with survival/cravings when using medication?
Midbrain
Number of pages in the Big Book, not counting the stories or appendices
What is 164?
Name two healthy coping skills
journaling, listening to music, taking a walk, deep breathing, meditation, talking to someone , writing, painting, helpful thinking or listening to music.
What year was AA founded and where? (Hint: This was before the first publication of the Big Book).
1935, Akron, Ohio. (Award 100 if answered only 1 correct).
Which tradition states "The only Requirement for AA Membership is a Desire to Stop Drinking"?
3
What is "A dysregulation of the midbrain dopamine (Pleasure) system due to unmanaged stress resulting in symptoms of decreased functioning, specifically:
1. Loss of control
2. Craving
3. Persistent drug use despite negative consequences"
What is "Addiction"
Name of man who brought the Oxford Message to Bill W.
Who is Ebby Thatcher?
How do coping skills help us?
Coping skills help us with working through and processing our emotions and stress.
These are the two things that Dr. Bob said were the only things necessary to start a new AA group.
What are a resentment and a coffee pot?
What is the foundation of all of the traditions that reminds us to place principles before personalities?
Anonymity
According to Nicole Labor, "The symptoms of brain disease are more likely to be labeled as..."
What is "Badness"
3 sides of AA triangle, a.k.a. AA’s 3 legacies
What are Recovery, Unity, Service?
True or False:
Coping skills are only needed when you are struggling with negative emotions.
What is false
The 12 & 12 was first published in this year.
What is 1953?
Tradition 5 states that AA has one primary purpose; what is this purpose?
To carry the message to the alcoholic who is still suffering.
What is "A physiological response to a neurochemical deficiency resulting in symptoms including sweating, stomach cramps, obsession, increased respirations
What is "Cravings."
Oxford Group was founded on these “4 Absolutes”
What are Honesty, Unselfishness, Purity, Love
distraction is a category of coping skills. name an example of a coping skill that can distract you
walk away
Taking a walk
What were the oxford Groups 4 concepts?
Love
Purity
Unselfishness
Honesty
Which Step tends to begin the healing process for wreckage from our past?
Step 9