12-Step Foundations
What is Step 1 in AA?
What is: Admitting powerlessness over alcohol and that life has become unmanageable.
What does SMART stand for?
What is: Self-Management and Recovery Training
What does “Dharma” mean?
What is: The truth or teachings of the Buddha.
What does CBT stand for?
What is: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
What year was AA founded?
What is: 1935.
What is the purpose of a sponsor?
What is: To guide members through the steps and provide support in recovery.
What is the main focus of SMART Recovery?
What is: Empowering self-reliance through evidence-based tools.
What is the main cause of suffering according to Buddhist teachings?
What is: Craving or attachment (tanha) — the desire and clinging to things being a certain way.
What DBT skill helps balance emotion and logic?
What is: Wise Mind.
What year was Narcotics Anonymous officially founded?
What is: 1953.
What does Step 4 involve?
What is: Making a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
What ABC tool helps challenge irrational beliefs?
What is: The ABC (Activating event, Belief, Consequence) model.
What are the Four Noble Truths about?
What is: Understanding suffering and how to end it.
Name one distress tolerance skill.
What is: ACCEPTS, self-soothing, TIPP,
Which famous musician credited NA with saving his life?
Who is: Eric Clapton
What is said to be the “spiritual foundation of all our traditions”?
What is:Anonymity.
Name one cognitive distortion SMART Recovery addresses.
What is: all-or-nothing thinking, catastrophizing, or overgeneralizing.
What is “Sangha”?
What is: A supportive community of people on the recovery path.
In CBT, what are “automatic thoughts”?
What is: Immediate, habitual thoughts that influence emotion and behavior.
What does “white chip” or “surrender chip” represent in NA/AA?
What is: A desire to stay clean or a new beginning.
Who wrote The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous?
Who is: Bill W. and Dr. Bob.
What are the 4 points of SMART Recovery?
What is: 1.Building motivation,2. coping with urges, 3.managing thoughts/behaviors, 4. living a balanced life.
What practice replaces the 12 Steps in Dharma Recovery?
What is: The Eightfold Path.
What does “radical acceptance” mean?
What is: Fully accepting reality as it is, without judgment or resistance.
What book did Carl Jung influence that inspired AA’s creation?
What is: The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James.