Rigorous Honesty #recovery
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True or False:
Yoga can stop the secretion of cortisol, the primary stress hormone.
TRUE! High levels of cortisol can mess you up!
Remove my skin and I won't cry, but you might!
An onion!
This is the hardest key tag / chip to get in recovery.
What is the 9 month chip/keytag!
This is known as the brain's "natural balance". When the brain is repeatedly altered due to addictive substances, the brain re-balances and creates a "new" balance, which is not always cool.
What is Homeostasis!
This step has us going over our searching and fearless moral inventory with our sponsor.
What is Step 5?
***TRIPLE POINTS***
In what month do American go trick-or-treating?
October!
Be honest- when does family support group happen at Southeast?
Second Saturday of the month, 10:30am
The National Sleep Foundation recommends ___ hours of sleep a night for adults.
7-9 hours a night of sleep
What has many hearts but no other organs?
A deck of cards!
TRUE OR FALSE?
Your Higher Power MUST be "God" from a biblical text.
What is False?
To stay sober and to help other alcoholics/addicts achieve sobriety.
What is "Our Primary Purpose"?
This step has us seeking conscious contact with our higher power, through prayer and meditation.
What is Step 11?
What does a paleontologist study?
Fossils!
True or false: It is a tenant of AA that you tell anyone that asks you what you DOC is.
false
Spending at least this amount of time in nature will naturally release feel-good hormones
20 minutes
What has hands but can't clap?
This person's job is to help you through the steps. Not babysit you or be your therapist.
What is a Sponsor?
These are the three components of the disease of addiction.
What is Mental, Physical, and Spiritual?
In this step, we make a decision to turn our will and life over to the care of a power greater than ourselves.
What is Step 3?
What is the plural form of the word "deer"?
Deer!
Why is honesty so important?
answer TBD - BUT
Honesty is important in developing good attributes like integrity, kindness, and discipline. All cornerstones to a solid recovery foundation!
TRUE OR FALSE
Every coping skill is healthy.
False!
Some ways we learn to cope are not healthy - such as fighting, or abusing mind altering substances!
What goes up and down but doesn't move?
A staircase!
POP QUIZ -
EACH MEMBER OF THE TEAM STAND UP AND SAY HOW YOU HAVE BEEN OF SERVICE OVER THE LAST WEEK
POINTS
The state of relying on someone or something else outside of yourself.
What is dependency?
This step highlights powerlessness and unmanageability.
What is Step 1?
What land mass on earth is known as the "Island Continent"?
Australia!
Honesty, ________, and ________ is HOW you start and stay on the path of recovery!
Open-mindedness and Willingness!
_____ triggers are physical things that remind you of past drug use. Some examples of these are People, places, activities.
What are external triggers?
The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
Darkness!
Example -
Geramy has been clean for 2 months, but he notices he has been losing a lot of money gambling, yet still persists. You could say he discovered what is called a ____ - addiction.
What is a Cross-Addiction?
(Watch out for this)
Any action by another person or an institution that intentionally or unintentionally has the effect of perpetuating an individual’s addictive process.
What is Enabling?
Carried this message to other addicts and practice these principals in all of our affaires.
What is Step 12?
On the periodic table, which element is represented by the letter N?
Nitrogen!
What are some of the dangers of dishonesty in recovery?
-May be a relapse trigger
-Feelings of guilt after words
what else?
True or False
Mindfulness is a strategy you can use any time.
True - We can always focus our attention on what we are sensing in the moment.
*DOUBLE POINTS*
What goes up but never comes down?
Your age!
POP QUIZ -
EACH MEMBER OF THE TEAM STAND UP AND SAY SOMETHING THEY DID + FOR THEIR RECOVERY OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS
YOU CANNOT SAY THE SAME THINGS
POINTS
Having mixed feelings or emotions.
What is Ambivalence?
This step highlights restoration to sanity.
What is Step 2?
If a backyard is 50 feet long and 20 feet wide, how many square feet is the yard?
1000 Square feet!
What are some ways you can HONESTLY acknowledge your feelings and emotions?
-Journaling
-Discussion with someone on the treatment team
-Share how you are feeling in group
________ are emotions, feelings, and thoughts that you associate with drug use. Some examples of these are boredom, anger, jealousy, anxiety and even positive feelings!
What are Internal triggers?
What kind of coat is always wet when you put it on?
A coat of paint!
**DOUBLE POINTS**
In _______ we celebrate national Recovery Month.
What is September?
The capability of conscious choice and decision.
What is Will?
"We made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others"
What is Step 9?
*DOUBLE POINTS*
What is the longest river in the United States?
Missouri River!
What is the principle behind the first step?
What is Honesty?
__________ is an example of an unhealthy coping skill. This can look like avoiding relationships, new job opportunities, or anything that isn't positive.
Avoidance Behaviors
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg!
This is when your addiction is in remission. You get further away from your last use, life often gets easier to manage.
What is RECOVERY?
Not affected or under the influence by a chemical substance.
What is "Sober"
Clean also accepted
In this step, we humbly as to remove our shortcomings.
Bonus points - What are shortcomings? Give examples!
What is Step 7?
What whole number is closest to the square root of 65?
8!