EDUCATION
This involves craving for something intensely, loss of control over its use, and continuing involvement with it despite adverse consequences?
What is Addiction?
This step asks you to admit that you are powerless over a substance, and that your life has become unmanageable.
What is Step 1?
Norean says that this is the time between thought and action.
What is Recovery!
This team of people work alongside you, your doctors, your case managers, families, and other supports to help guide you through understanding your relationship with substances.
What is a Treatment Team?
A technique that can be used to avoid acting on any behavior that you want to reduce or stop
What is urge surfing?
Sometimes it's with a therapist, sometimes its on your own. You create this "emergency kit" to help yourself from using again. It includes numbers, activities to participate in, and resources that can help you bounce back.
What is a Crisis Plan?
This step asks you to ask yourself how you have avoided taking responsibility for your life. Sometimes, we are asked to complete a fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
What is Step 4?
Newton says that this type of discomfort beats long-term dysfunction.
What is short-term discomfort.
After being at Morris Home for 90 days, you complete this to talk about: What have you accomplished? What are you most proud of? What are you still working on?
What is a Case Consultation?
This technique involves intentionally directing attention to positive aspects of oneself or one’s life to promote feelings of gratitude and well-being.
What is mindfulness?
This sensation is known to send us spiraling; it is a powerful desire for something.
What is a craving?
As we get deeper in our recovery, we may make a list of the people that we've harmed. It is in this step that we become willing to make amends.
What is Step 8?
Paris says that there is none of this lack of light when she reminds you to do your chores.
What is No Shade?
This organization helps Morris Home find opportunities for members to find housing, get set up with support when back out in the community, and has an alumni group that runs every Friday.
What is Journey Of Hope?
These three things are known to trigger people in recovery.
What are people, places and things?
This is is a personalized tool for recovery. It's designed to help you understand yourself, your triggers, and your support system. It can help you navigate challenges and harness your inner strengths.
What is a Relapse Prevention Plan
"Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs."
What is Step 12
Shana sometimes says this during community meeting when talking about going out on your passes, "Handle your _____."
What is scandal?
These individuals help with things around the house, go with you on appointments, making sure chores are done, and taking UDSs ... to name a few things they do.
Who are Recovery Specialists / Life Skills Professionals?
This is the complete avoidance of the addictive substance or behavior. It's sometimes the first goal in recovery.
What is Abstinence?
This percentage of people with addiction started using substances before the age of 18 to cope with the challenges of life.
What is 90%?
Often, you may hear in meetings that you are only as sick as your ...
What are secrets?
This 4-legged member of the community shows up every now and again and offers stinky kisses and support.
Who is Destiny?
This system helps with your ability to plan, problem solve, and think ahead to your week. While it seems rough only having 2 of them, it can help you prioritize and focus on the goals that are in front of you.
What are passes?
This person is someone who has achieved long-term recovery and volunteers to help guide and support someone who is early in their recovery program. Just make sure they don't practice the 13th Step.
Who is a sponsor?