12 STEPS
What is the job of a sponsor?
Guide you through the 12 Steps
Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of people who share their _____, _____ and _____ with each other so that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.
Experience
Strength
Hope
Name a coping skill that releases endorphins
Exercise
What are 2 ways in which Guilt is a positive emotion?
Serves as our Moral Compass
Motivation for Corrective Action
Promotes Personal Growth
Strengthens Relationships
Indicator of Pro-Social Behavior
Who is the most important person at any meeting?
The newcomer
What decision does Step 3 require you to make?
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly ___ ____ ____.
Followed our path.
Describe box breathing
Inhale for 4 seconds ; Hold for 4 seconds
Exhale for 4 seconds ; Hold for 4 seconds
Repeat
The practice of actively paying attention to the present moment, while calmly acknowledging your thoughts and feelings without being overwhelmed, reactive or allowing thoughts or feelings to dictate your actions is called what?
Mindfulness
We are people in the grip of a continuing and progressive illness whose ends are always the same: ____, _____, and ____.
Jails
Institutions
Death
This step includes a process of prayer and meditation as a method for improving connection with a higher power and asking for direction.
Step 11
As long as the ties that bind us together are stronger than those that would ____ ____ ____, all will be well.
tear us apart
Systematically tensing then releasing different muscle groups, starting at your head and working your way down to your toes is called ____ ____ _____.
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
“It is was what it was; it is what it is; it will be what it will be” are the general ideas behind what DBT concept?
(2 words)
Radical Acceptance
What is the name of the chapter in the NA book that describes/defines the characteristics of an addict?
Who is an Addict?
According to the Third Tradition of AA or NA, the only requirement for membership is a ___ ____ ____ ___.
Desire to stop drinking/using
There is one thing more than anything else that will defeat us in our recovery; this is an attitude of ______ or _____ toward spiritual principles.
Indifference
Intolerance
Name 4 Grounding techniques for managing emotions
Deep Breathing or Box Breathing
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Object Description
Category Description
Counting
Visualization
Holding Ice
Cold Shower / Ice Baths
Eat something sour or spicy
EARTHING
Exercise
Coloring / Creativity
Spend time with your furry companion
What are the 4 choices when it comes to Radical Acceptance?
Solve the problem
Change your perception of the problem
Radically accept the problem
Stay Miserable
In aftercare and discharge planning, the most successful way to move through the treatment process is: Detox, _____ , _____, and _____ / _____.
Rehab/Residential
PHP
IOP
OP
What does the triangle represent in NA?
Unity
Service
Recovery
If you don't want what we have to offer, we will gladly ____ your ____.
Refund
Misery
Mental grounding techniques work by stimulating your brain’s _____ _____ (thinking), primarily controlled by the pre frontal cortex, located in the frontal lobes of the brain.
Executive Functioning
The 5-4-3-2-1 Mindfulness technique includes:
5 things I can ____
4 things I can ____
3 things I can ____
2 thinsg I can ____
1 thing I can ____
See
Touch/Feel
Hear
Smell
Taste
What is the term used for when your brain is healing from trauma?
Neuroplasticity