Recovery
Meditation, mindfulness, exercise, therapy, calling a sober friend, and thinking of consequences are all examples of this useful tool in recovery.
What is a coping skill?
What year was AA started?
1935
What does PAWS stand for?
Post Acute Withdrawal Symptoms/Syndrome.
"______________ is the number one offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it, stem all forms of spiritual disease."
Resentment.
What is a group of Unicorns called?
A shimmer.
Name the co-founders of AA
Bill W. and Dr. Bob
Name 2 examples of neurotransmitters?
Gaba, Dopamine, Norepinephrine, Acetylcholine, Serotonin.
In More About Alcoholism, Jim stops at a roadside bar. He justifies drinking whiskey because he puts it in what?
A glass of milk.
This 12 step fellowship was established in 1953 and started in California.
What is Narcotics Anonymous?
You are required to attend this many meetings weekly to be compliant with program expectations.
2
Before there was AA, there was The _____________
________.
Oxford Group.
What is the primary determiner of who becomes an alcoholic/addict?
Genetic predisposition.
What is the title of the chapter that lists the 12 steps?
Chapter 5, How It Works.
What do you call a group of flamingos?
A flamboyance.
When a person starts taking suggestions even if they don't want to, don't like it and don't understand it, they are in this stage of the recovery process.
Acceptance.
When Bill W. was at The Mayflower Hotel in Akron, OH what did he do instead of drinking?
Made phone calls until he found another recovering alcoholic.
A person comes to treatment and learns everything they can about the disease, the brain, they take the best notes and make it upmost importance that they have all the right answers but they don't personalize any of the information. This is an example of which defense mechanism?
Intellectualization.
Provide an example of the mental obsession.
I can just do one, it will be different this time, this will make everything better.
What is a single strand of spaghetti called?
Spaghetto.
What are the 3 essential principles of recovery?
Honesty, open-mindedness and willingness.
What was Bill's wife's name?
Lois Wilson.
Name 3 stages of grief.
*Double points for naming all 6.
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, guilt/shame, acceptance.
What is the name of the doctor who wrote the letters in The Doctor's Opinion?
Dr. Silkworth.
What does the Nintendo character Luigi do for a living?
He's a plumber.