12 Steps
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.
What is Step One?
•Began in Akron, Ohio, in 1935, with a chance meeting between two alcoholics, one a doctor and one a broker
What is Alcoholics Anonymous?
•People 2. Places 3. Things
What are triggers?
•one is too many and ____________________________
•What is 1000 is never enough?
•_____ is feeling bad about what you have done.
What is guilt?
Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
What is Step Two?
•An experienced member who guides newcomers through recovery.
What is a sponsor?
•A desire or dream you try to achieve in a certain amount of time, no matter the costs.
What are goals?
•Live and ____________
What is let live?
•_____ is feeling bad about who you are.
What is shame?
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
What is Step Three?
•A meeting ANYONE can attend.
What is an open meeting?
•Some high-risk situations to avoid are to not let yourself get too hungry, angry, lonely or tired. What can help you remember these circumstances?
What is H.A.L.T.?
•____________ is optional
What is misery?
•This is the process by which the addicted brain invents excuses that allow the person in recovery to edge close enough to relapse situations that accidents can happen.
What is justification?
Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
What is Step Eight?
•This is a group in which a member is comfortable with and where he or she does official group business.
What is a 'home group?'
•Our brain learns by ________ and _________.
What is repetition and reward?
The __________ is the most important person in any meeting
What is the newcomer?
•This drug causes side effects such as malnutrition, cancer of the mouth, esophagus and stomach, and birth defects.
What is alcohol?
Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
What is Step Eleven?
•Meetings are self-supporting through this.
•What are our own contributions?
•5 skills you have learned in treatment to overcome cravings and triggers
•(this is a question with many answers. Must answer in form of question still). What is (are) a sponsor, a relapse prevention plan, laughter, service, work, being with family, hobbies etc.
•Your __________ should never depend on another person's opinion
What is your worth?
•The twelfth tradition asks members to place this before personalities.
•What is Principles (of A.A.)?