AA / NA
There are this many Steps and Traditions in the AA and NA programs.
12
True or False: The Steps are meant to be done in order.
True.
This is defined as "a mood disorder characterized by persistent sadness, loss of interest in activities, and a range of other symptoms that can affect a person's ability to function in daily life."
Depression
This local musician reportedly spent over $20 million in the 1980s on heroin and cocaine before entering treatment.
Steven Tyler of Aerosmith
There are this many Dimensions of Wellness that all affect one another.
8.
AA was founded in this year in Akron, Ohio.
1935
Step 4 says this.
"Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves."
The three levels of severity used when diagnosing co-occurring disorders are ___________, Moderate, and Severe.
Despite casting spells on the audience from a young age, this actor struggled with alcoholism throughout his late teens before getting sober in 2010.
Daniel Radcliffe
"The practice of taking action to preserve or improve one's own health" is the definition of this important action for people in Recovery.
Self-Care
According to the Traditions, continued substance use will ultimately lead to one of these three places.
Jails, institutions, and death.
It takes this long, on average, to complete the Steps.
The efforts of attempting to retrain your brain and how it creates thoughts is an example of this type of Mental Health treatment modality.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
This comedian struggled with alcohol throughout his life, but attributed cycling as a "great way to keep clean" prior to his unfortunate suicide in 2014.
Robin Williams
The human body has this many bones in an average adult.
206.
Narcotics Anonymous was founded in this year by Jimmy Kinnon.
1953.
Step 9 says this.
"Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others."
Per the latest studies, this percentage of adults in the US have experienced an anxiety disorder at one point in their life.
31.1%
This knighted actor decided to get sober after his wife and daughter cut him out of their lives as a result of his alcoholism. He continues to attend AA meetings to this day, even with nearly 50 years of sobriety.
Anthony Hopkins
If you are still smoking cigarettes while attempting to quit another substance (like alcohol), your chances for relapse increase by this amount.
20%
This phrase is used to as a subtle way of indicating that someone is either an active member of the AA community or is seeking information about the program.
"I'm a friend of Bill W."
Step 12 says this.
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.
CBT, Medication (SSRIs), EMDR, and talking-based therapy are the most common methods of treating this co-occurring disorder that has both "normal" and "Complex" variants.
PTSD / CPTSD
While difficult to diagnose posthumously, this famous painter was known to abuse absinthe in his early 30s. This likely contributed to his eventual suicide at the age of 37 in conjunction with his depression.
Vincent Van Gogh.
This internal organ serves as the "toxic waste dump" of the human body and can essentially function with only half of it intact.
The Liver.