12 Step Slogans II
______ before ________.
What is "Principals Before Personalities"?
A pattern or distortion in our minds that leads us to trouble.
What is a "Thinking Error"?
Detox from these two classes of drugs is the most dangerous.
What is "Alcohol and Benzodiazepines"?
The first step asks us to proclaim that our lives are this.
What is Unmanageable?
A strong desire to use a substance is called this.
What is a "Craving"?
3 word slogan used in the 12 step programs to get the newcomer to return to the meetings.
What is "Keep Coming Back"?
When you attempt to justify your actions based on outside circumstances, to make your actions sound reasonable.
What is "Justification"?
This drug was originally used as a non-addictive, safe remedy for morphine.
What is "heroin"?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
The 7th step requires us to ask him to remove this.
What is "Our Shortcomings"?
These are reminders that put people in a mental and emotional place of distress, pain, anger, and other strong emotions, that often can result in cravings.
What are "Triggers"?
To keep it you have to do this.
What is "Give it Away".
The belief that one is deserving of or entitled to certain privileges without working for them; holds oneself above others, society, or 'the system'.
What is "Entitlement"?
This class of drugs can boost mood, increase feelings of well-being, increase energy and make you more alert. But, they have dangerous effects like racing heart rate and blood pressure, strong cravings, and crashing.
What is "Stimulants"?
The 5th step asks us to admit the nature of our wrongs to these 3 entities.
What is "God, ourselves, and another human being"?
We use these to deal with stressful situations. They help us tolerate them and help minimize their affect on our emotions.
What is a "Coping Skill"?
H.A.L.T. This acronym is used to remind us of the 4 most common stressors in recovery.
What is "Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired"?
When someone is callous or has lack of emotional involvement in relationships.
What is "Cold Heartedness"?
This chemical is said to regulate anxiety, happiness and mood in the brain.
What is "Serotonin"?
This step asks us, when we are wrong, to admit it.
What is "Step 10"
DAILY DOUBLE!!
These are events that threaten a successful recovery. They stir up unpleasant emotions and can cause a relapse if we do not have a plan in place.
What are "high-risk situations"?
In recovery, when things get you down, and you odn't let it keep you down, the 12 step meetings call it living this way.
What is Living "Life on Life's Terms".
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
The main Cognitive Behavioral message.
What is "Thinking Controls Behavior"?
Alcohol, Cannabas, and heroin are all this type of drug.
What are "depressants"?
This is the type of inventory we make in step 4.
What is a "Searching and Fearless Inventory"?
This is a recurrence of symptoms of a disease after a period of improvement. There are usually warning signs.
What is a "Relapse"