Personality & Values
This term refers to many aspects of an individual's identity and behavior, including traits, interests, drives, values, self-concept, abilities, and emotional patterns.
Personality
A process in Twelve Step recovery where you drop your defenses, recognize your limitations, and admit you are not the center of the world.
Surrendering your will
The first thing a person must learn to practice in recovery, which includes realizing that they cannot use substances without restarting the cycle of addiction.
Acceptance of a substance use disorder
Along with prayer, this is one of the best techniques for focusing concentration on spiritual matters and promoting personality change.
Meditation
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This common societal phrase is misleading because there is no evidence to support that specific traits make someone more likely to develop a substance use disorder.
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Addictive personality
Surrendering your will is a spiritual activity that marks the true beginning of this character trait.
Humility
Practicing acceptance means you do what you need to do without obsessing over or worrying about this.
The outcome
A spiritual recovery tradition recommends both prayer and meditation to improve conscious contact with a Higher Power.
The 12 steps
This can be prevented from developing when addictive substances influence a person's behavior, motivation, and character.
Spiritual growth
This process requires walking away from the fight with addiction and replacing destructive behaviors with positive, healthy things.
Letting Go
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The definition of this concept is doing, saying, or giving something to make up for the harm you caused in the past.
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Restitution
This major type of meditation involves focusing on a single specific item, such as your breathing, a lit candle, or a meaningful word.
Concentration meditation
Honesty, integrity, loyalty, and kindness are examples of these principles that we live by and help define who we are.
Values
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Sticking with a chosen path in recovery through ups, downs, and setbacks requires courage, continual work, and this.
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A commitment
This specific step of the Twelve Steps discourages making direct amends if doing so would cause another person more harm.
Step 9
This major type of meditation focuses entirely on the present moment, tracking thoughts and bodily feelings without judging them.
Mindful meditation
For people who start using early in life, addiction may take hold before this has had a chance to fully form.
Their personality
Making a commitment to a recovery path requires this specific element, which is the belief that things will get better if you do what is necessary.
Faith
A powerful way to strengthen your own recovery and return a favor by supporting others who need help.
Being of service
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This physical position is generally not recommended for meditation because it is too relaxing and may cause you to fall asleep.
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Lying down