The First Step
Fill in the blank...
"We admitted we were powerless over alcohol/drugs, that our lives had become _____________.
What is unmanageable?
an alcoholic who has made some progress in the recovery program and shares that experience on a continuous, individual basis with another alcoholic who is attempting to attain or maintain sobriety through AA
What is a sponsor?
This strategy can help you make healthier choices.
What is positive self-talk?
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
What is step 3?
Who founded AA?
Who are Dr. Bob Smith and Bill Wilson?
What is powerlessness?
raditionally, most A.A. members through the years have found it important to belong to one group in particular. This is the group where they accept service responsibilities and try to sustain friendships.
What is a home group?
____-risk behaviors can result in negative thoughts or outcomes.
What are high-risk?
Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
What is step 7?
Where is considered the birthplace of AA?
What is Akron, OH?
Refusing to accept that you have a problem is called _____.
What id denial?
A person's refusal to admit or accept that he or she is an alcoholic.
What is denial?
You are doing this when you rehearse positive self-talk.
What is practicing?
Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it
What is step 10?
The cost to belong to NA.
What is nothing/free?
You are practicing _________ when you are able to admit that you are "powerless over substances" and say things such as "I accept" or "I give up."
What is acceptance?
A term for the society or fraternity of AA.
What is fellowship?
Name this type of self-talk:
"After the day I've had, I deserve to drink a few beers."
What is justifying?
Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
What is step 6?
A set of daily reflections and meditations meant to help people with drug addiction focus on sobriety one day at a time
What is "Just For Today?"
This is what I can do to regain control of my life from substances....
What is....
Attend a meeting
Get a sponsor
Start treatment
Start working the steps
What are the 3 P's of recovery?
What is Passion, Power, and Purpose?
Giving yourself positive _________ daily is a way to increase your use of positive self-talk.
What is affirmations?
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 11?
What is considered the "number one offender" in AA?