Defect Free
Assigning responsibility of a fault or wrong.
What is blame?
This is a physiological need encompassing everything you need to sustain life, such as health, shelter and nourishment.
What is survival?
The simplest form of higher power. Its everyday purpose is used to help move between two rooms or spaces.
What is a doorknob?
The leading theory of why become addicts. This theory is championed by Physicians such as Gabor Mate who opened the first on-site injection center for IV drug addicts in Vancouver, Canada.
What is trauma?
The first 164 pages of this book have never been altered despite 4 different editions
What is the Big Book?
Characterized by feeling bad about oneself. Often have feelings of awkwardness, uselessness, and incompatibility. Negative image of oneself.
What is low self-esteem/self-worth?
This need includes the drive to be connected with others, such as friends, family, intimate partners, co-workers, pets and the groups you affiliate with. This is the only need that needs to given in order to attain it.
What is Love & Belonging?
An entire chapter in the Big Book dedicated to helping individuals who struggle with the God Idea.
What is We Agnostics?
A specific role in rehabs and IOPs where they help individuals find work, find places to live, and work on other specific life skills.
What is a case manager?
This literature highlights the 12 steps and 12 traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous and was believed to have been written to expand on steps six and seven.
What is the 12n12?
A strong belief that something will happen or be the case in the future usually without proof, cause, data, or argument.
What is Expectations?
This need is about having choices, being independent and autonomous. This need is about being able to move freely without restriction. Creativity is a part of this need, too.
What is Freedom?
DAILY DOUBLE
Examples of these include feelings of uselessness, prey to misery and depression, full of fear, and being unhappy.
What are the bedevilments?
A short-term therapy technique that can help people find new ways to behave by changing their thought patterns. It focuses on present day challenges, thoughts, and behaviors.
What CBT/ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
Small book that people read every morning to start their meditation/day. Each month is correlated to a step.
What is "Daily Reflections?"
The malicious and unjustified harming of a good person's reputation
What is Character Assassination?
DAILY DOUBLE
This need encompasses pleasure, play, humor, relaxation and relevant learning.
What is fun?
This step is only making a decision but people avoid it like the plague, claiming AA is a cult and for religious zealots.
What is the 3rd step?
In a family dynamics model, the addict in the family is known as this role.
What is the scapegoat?
What is "Acceptance was the Answer?"
Having or showing rigid opinions or a narrow outlook. i.e. "This will never work for me." "How is making my bed going to keep me sober?"
What is closed mindedness?
This need involves the desire to matter, make a difference, achieve, be competent, recognized and respected. It includes self-esteem and a desire to leave a legacy.
What is Power?
The two steps where individuals begin a deeper relationship with their higher power.
What are steps six and seven?
6 stages of change
What is Pre-contemplation, contemplation, Preparation, Action, Maintenance, Relapse
Paul O., Author of the passage 417, wrote this book detailing his work to combine both AA & Al-Anon practices in his daily life.
What is "You can't make me angry?"