Principles
What is the first spiritual principle?
"We admitted we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable."
Acceptance
Ignoring facts or reality to avoid discomfort/anxiety
Denial
This neurotransmitter is responsible for rewawrd/motivation
Dopamine
NA Promises
You can stop using, lose the desire to use, and find a new way to live.
What is the answer to all of my problems?
Acceptance
the path laid out for experiencing our lives free of unnecessary suffering
Spiritual Principles
Feeling a certain way inside and attributing it to the outside
e.g. Someone who is cheating accuses their spouse of having an affair
Projection
This part of the brain is responsible for logic/decision making.
Pre-Frontal Cortex
Resentments(past)
Anger(present)
Fear(Future)
Triangle of Self-Obsession
What step prayer is this?
"Take my will and my life, guide me in my recovery and show me how to live."
Third Step Prayer
What is the principle of the 12th step?
"Having had a spiritual awakening of these steps, we carried the message to other addicts and practiced these principles in all of our affairs."
Service
"It makes me uncomfortable when people cry in front of me"
"I am not able to recall memories from my childhood"
"I can't cry in front of others."
Repression
About how long does Neural Plasticity take to create enough pathways for addicts to have a "normal" functioning brain again?
2 years
What reading is this from?
"We are people in the grip of a continuing and progressive illness whose ends are always the same: Jails, institutions and death."
Who is an addict
What is the number one offender to sobriety?
Resentments
Step 7
"Humbly asked him to remove our shortcomings"
Humility
"I chew my nails in very stressful situations."
"I suck my thumb when I'm scared."
"I get into the fetal position when I'm lonely."
Regression
The brains ability to adapt;
the reason we form tolerance to substances.
Homeostasis
What reading is this from?
"I will be unafraid. My thoughts will be on my new associations, people who are not using and who have found a new way of life. So long as I follow that way, I have nothing to fear."
Just For Today
What are the two major types of conflicts that we deal with?
internal and external conflicts
step 5
"Admitting to God, to ourselves and another human being the exact nature of our wrongs."
Honesty
A gay person who is unable to accept their sexual identity expressing homophobic views.
or
Having a crush on someone and behaving as though you dislike them.
Reaction-Formation
The brains ability to hyper-focus on what it needs in the moment,
e.g. if you're dehydrated - you try to find water
Salience
Who Founded NA?
Jimmy Kinnon
This is when withdrawal symptoms are caused by medications or MAT used in substance abuse treatment, often times occurs when taken too soon.
Precipitated withdrawal