Steps
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol, that our lives had become unmanageable.
Step 1
Number one cause of relapse, according to the reading
Poor self-care
Humility
Step 7
mood swings; anxiety; irritability; variable energy; low enthusiasm; variable concentration; and disturbed sleep, for example
Symptoms of protracted withdrawal
The ability to bounce back after something negative happens
Resiliency
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Step 4
Not thinking about using, isolating, bottling up emotions, focusing on other people's problems
Emotional Relapse
Integrity
Step 5
arrogance, enabling, exaggerating, judgmental, lazy, spiteful, vulgar, gossiping, ungrateful
Character defects
Most productive group of the day
Process
Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
Step 6
Cravings, minimizing use, thinking about old people, places, and things
Mental Relapse
Faith
Step 3
humor, denial, projection
Defense Mechanisms
Common negative thinking pattern in addiction
Fear
Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
Step 12
Relapse of opportunity
Physical Relapse
Hope
Step 2
Something greater than yourself
Higher Power
What is everyone addicted to?
Dopamine
Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
Step 8
One way to combat negative thoughts, per the reading
CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy)
Spirituality
Step 11
When we prevent ourselves from reaching goals
Self-sabotage
Who did the "drug is a drug" video?
Dr. Nicole Labor