Big Book
Title of Chapter 3
What is... More About Alcoholism
The current model used to explain addiction
What is... Bio-psycho-social (spiritual)
When you call yourself and others names such as "loser" or "stupid f***** a******", this is what distortion
What is Labeling
Step 8
What is...
Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.
What is "the opposite of addiction"?
What is connection
The year the Big Book was published?
What is.... 1939
A human's tendency to move toward pleasure and avoid pain is explained by what principal?
What is... the Pleasure Principal
When you make decisions & develop rationale based on your "emotions" or the way you feel, without any physical evidence, this is known as...
What is emotional reasoning
3 Spiritual principals
What is... Honesty Openmindedness and Willingness
When use of a substance (stimulant) breaks down the blood brain barrier and less of the substance achieves intense effects such as paranoia
What is reverse tolerance
Dr. Bob was a real doctor. What was his area of practice?
What is proctology
The chemical the brain creates when experiencing pleasure
What is dopamine
When you have ONE negative experience and generalize that ALL future situations that are similar will be the same
What is over generalization
When you experience physical discomfort and using thoughts
What is an urge
Methods of injection
What is...
Smoking, Snorting, Shooting, & Swallowing
According to the forward of the Big Book, Dr. Bob died in this year.
What is 1950
What is the "stress hormone"?
What is... Cortisol
When you criticize yourself and others saying words like must should (shouldn't)
What are should statements
The 3 stages of relapse
What is Emotional, Mental, and Physical
The relapse rate of people in recovery during the first year
What is 75%
In Bill's story, his brother in-law places him in a mental institution to receive what treatment?
What is The Belladonna Treatment
Whenever we practice doing something enough, new neural pathways in the brain are created, when this brain change changes occurs it is known as...
What is neuroplasticity
When you feel something is entirely your fault or entirely someone else's fault
What is personalization and blame
Period of time in early recovery lasting 6- 24 months, where the brain is having difficulty feeling pleasure
What is anhedonia
When you have an addiction and other mental health conditions this is known as
What is co-occurring disorders/ dual diagnosis