Self-Esteem
This refers to an individual's overall subjective feelings of personal value and self-worth.
What is Self-esteem?
Who wrote the Alcoholics Anonymous book?
Who is Bill Wilson?
The fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance, thing, or activity:
What is addiction?
These can be internal (anxiety, irritability, stress, anger, low self-esteem) or external (people, places, or things that remind one of their past use).
What are triggers?
What are the 3 sides of the AA Triangle?
What is Unity, Service, and Recovery?
What are the four "self-" words that you must have heard of? (4)
What is self-love, self-compassion, self-acceptance, and self-care?
Which step consists of writing in a column format?
What is the 4th step?
Which of the following can you NOT overdose from?
1. Nicotine
2. Opiates
3. Caffeine
4. Benzodiazepines
What is nicotine?
Whenever feeling a craving to use, or in general feeling anxious or “off,” ask yourself if you are feeling any of these symptoms..HALT.
What is Hungry, Angry, Lonely, and Tired?
What does it mean to be "recovered"?
What is free from a hopeless state of mind and body?
What is the difference between self-respect and self-esteem?
What is self-respect comes from what you do, esteem comes from how you think and feel about yourself.
God I offer myself to Thee, to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will. Take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy Love, and Thy way of Life. May I do Thy will always.
What is the 3rd Step Prayer?
Between the ages of 18 and 30, what is the ratio of young adults addicted to substances?
What is 1 in 7 young adults?
This is an umbrella term that refers to strategies that help reduce the likelihood and severity of relapse when someone is trying to remain sober.
What is Relapse Prevention?
What is the difference between sobriety and recovery?
What is when you are sober, you have eliminated alcohol and drug use from your life. A person in recovery is continually making an effort to work through the issues that caused alcohol or drug use to occur in the first place.
Where does confidence come from?
What is accepting your body and mind, feelings of well-being, and belief in your own ability, skills, and experience?
The fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure, have lost the power of choice in drink. Our so-called will power practically becomes non-existent. We are unable, at certain times, to bring into our consciousness with sufficient force the memory of the suffering and humiliation of even a week or a month ago. We are without defense against the first drink.
What is There Is A Solution?
Drugs cause addiction by changing brain circuits over time. Many addictive substances increase levels of a chemical in the brain called 1. ?. Circuits in the reward system use this chemical to “teach” the brain to repeat actions we find pleasurable—a process called reinforcement. When people take drugs, the brain releases a lot of this chemical, which strongly reinforces the action of taking the drug. Over time, this chemical is released less by taking the drug itself than by other activities, people, and places that are associated with drug use. This leads people to feel 2. ? motivated to take the drug whenever they encounter those cues.
What is dopamine and more?
What are the 3 stages of relapse?
What are Emotional, Mental and Physical?
What are you essentially doing action-wise to obtain recovery?
What is changing behaviors?
What are ways to improve self-esteem? (7)
What is stop comparing yourself to others, keep a gratitude journal, set small achievable goals, practice loving-kindness meditation, help others in recovery, change self-talk, and find room for self-forgiveness.
What pages is Upon Awakening on in the Big Book?
What are pages 86 and 87?
What are two popular therapy techniques for treating addiction?
What are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectal Behavioral Therapy?
What is this an example of?
What are Grounding Techniques?
What is the first stage of Addiction Recovery?
What is Acknowledgment of Addiction?