The Big Book
This is the title of the first chapter in Alcoholics Anonymous.
What is "Bill's Story"?
A person, place, thing, or feeling that increases the urge to use.
What is a trigger?
True or False. A relapse often begins long before someone uses substances again.
What is true?
Anger is often called this type of emotion because it can cover up deeper feelings.
What is a secondary emotion?
This person shares their experience, strength, and hope with another recovering alcoholic.
What is a sponsor?
This chapter introduces the Twelve Steps.
What is "How It Works"?
HALT stands for Hungry, Angry, Lonely, and this.
What is Tired?
Isolation is considered one of these.
What are warning signs?
Healthy recovery involves identifying and expressing these.
What are emotions?
Myth or Fact? Recovery means you'll never have cravings again.
What is a myth?
According to the Big Book, this is the first requirement for recovery.
What is honesty?
One healthy way to cope with a craving.
What is calling a sponsor, going to a meeting, exercising, or using a coping skill?
Calling your sponsor after a difficult day is an example of this.
What is using your support system?
Feeling nervous before trying something new is often this emotion.
What is anxiety?
True or False. Recovery is about creating a life you don't need to escape from.
What is true?
This Step involves admitting to God, ourselves, and another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
What is Step Five?
Cravings usually pass if you don't act on them. This technique involves "riding" them like a wave.
What is urge surfing?
This document lists warning signs, coping skills, and emergency contacts.
What is a relapse prevention plan?
This DBT skill helps people observe emotions without acting on them.
What is mindfulness?
Isolating from friends and family.
What is a Red Flag?
This phrase describes what many alcoholics experience after taking the first drink.
What is the phenomenon of craving?
Having a plan before cravings happen is called a _________ plan.
What is a relapse prevention plan?
The opposite of isolation in recovery is building this.
What is connection (or community)?
Being able to recognize and manage emotions is called this.
What is emotional regulation?
Why is confidentiality important in recovery meetings?
What is because it helps create a safe environment where people feel comfortable being honest?