True story! (or is it...)
People who abuse drugs are weak-willed. They could control their craving for drugs if they tried.
What is FALSE?
"A power greater than ourselves."
What is a Higher Power?
The most important person at the meeting.
Who is the newcomer?
The enemy of anyone with clean time.
What is complacency?
A recurrence of symptoms of a disease after a period of improvement
What is a relapse?
Naloxone is a medicine that rapidly reverses an opioid overdose.
What is TRUE?
This is how long we try to stay clean for.
What is 24 hours OR Just For Today?
The desire to stop using.
What is the only requirement for membership?
What are coping skills?
Feeling responsible or regretful for a perceived offense.
What is guilt?
The Pink cloud of recovery describes a stage of early addiction recovery that involves feelings of euphoria and elation. When you’re in this phase, you feel confident and excited about recovery.
What is TRUE?
This is the Serenity Prayer.
What is "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Amen."?
According to literature, addicts in the grip of this illness will end up in _____, ____ & ____.
What are jails, institutions or death?
The H.A.L.T. acronym stands for.
What are Hungry, Angry, Lonely, and Tired?
A painful emotion caused by consciousness of guilt, shortcoming. Feeling the PERSON is wrong.
What is shame?
MAT stands for Mutually Assisted Treatment.
What is FALSE?
(What does it actually stand for?)
We made a searching, fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
What is Step 4?
These 3 spiritual principles are indispensable.
What is honesty, open mindedness, and willingness?
The two things that make up addiction.
What are obsession and compulsion?
The absence of substance use.
What is abstinence?
In co-occurring disorders (or people who have a mental health diagnosis and a substance use issue) we should always have our mental health symptoms treated before our addiction symptoms.
What is FALSE?
Don't quit before this happens!
What is "the miracle"?
A mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person.
What is stigma?
The stages of change.
What are: Precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance
The process of improved physical, psychological, and social well-being and health after having suffered from a substance use disorder.
What is recovery?