Celebrities
In an interview in 2020, the pop star discusses her issues with alcohol use disorder (AUD). During the interview, she said she’d been in regular therapy and in recovery for five years. She now prioritizes self-care and mental health above all other things.
Katy Perry
Step 1
We admitted we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable.
Step 4
“Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.”
______ Things ______
First Things First
What ways 1,000 pounds
The phone
She began her career as a child star with Disney. She’s had problems with alcohol and drugs since early in her career, and was in and out of treatment between 2010 and 2012. She relapsed on fentanyl-laced heroin after six years of recovery in 2018, which caused three strokes and a heart attack. She is now back in recovery and committed to the process.
Demi Lovato
The 12 Tradition of NA states
“Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.”
Step 3
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
____________ before ____________
Principles before personalities
The opposite of addiction is __________.
The opposite of addiction is connection.
The pop music icon and legend is also a hero in the recovery community. In his early career, he used cocaine, marijuana, and alcohol to manage the complex emotions associated with being simultaneously intensely shy and a music superstar. A pivotal meeting with a fan changed his trajectory in 1990, and the star has been in recovery since – over 30 years.
Elton John
What year was NA founded?
1953
What year was AA founded?
1935
You can't _________ your way into a new way of _______...you have to _____ your way into a new way of _________
You can't think your way into a new way of living...you have to live your way into a new way of thinking
What must we always put above everything?
Our Recovery & Higher Power
The most famous and successful horror author in history has been in recovery for 33 years. His books and movies have scared the pants off of audiences for decades, reports heavy drug and alcohol use in the 1970s. His family staged an intervention, and he’s been in recovery since.
Stephen King
Who founded NA
Jimmy K
Who Founded AA
Bill W. and Dr. Bob
GOD =
Good Orderly Direction
_________ is the ________ ________ recovery swings on
Gratitude is the golden hinge recovery swings on
The teen star of “High School Musical” developed an alcohol use disorder (AUD) after becoming a Hollywood mainstay in the mid-2000s. His use escalated until he started attending AA meetings in 2013, then entered a treatment program in 2014. He’s been in recovery since, and credits his treatment experience, and his ongoing attendance in AA, with saving his life.
Zac Efron
Where was the first NA meeting held?
Sun Valley, CA
Where was the first AA meeting?
Akron, Ohio
HALT
Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired
The only way out is _______.
The only way out is through.