12-Stepin'
BEWARE!!
Kickin'
Buzz Words
CoDA
100
An individual committed to taking you through the 12-steps.
What is a sponsor?
100
People, places, or things that initiate the desire to engage in addictive behavior.
What is trigger?
100
These symptoms indicate one is in withdrawal from this substance: nausea, vomiting, headaches, dizziness, profuse sweating, shaking, delirium tremens, possible seizure, psychomotor agitation, transient visual, tactile or auditory hallucinations, autonomic hyperactivity.
What is alcohol? (also sedative hypnotic or anxiolytic)
100
Sober network of supportive peers.
What is fellowship?
100
Codependents often engage in these type of patterns, shown by: -Having difficulty identifying what they are feeling -Minimizing or altering how they truly feel -Masking pain in various ways such as anger, humor, or isolation -Thinking they can take care of themselves without any help from others -Lacking empathy for the feelings and needs of others and labeling others with their own negative traits
What are Denial patterns?
200
Not religion...
What is spirituality?
200
Continued feelings of anger toward people, places, or things. *Hint: Step 4
What is resentment?
200
These symptoms indicate one is in withdrawal from this substance: insomnia or hypersomnia, increased appetite, psychomotor agitations or retardation, vivid and unpleasant dreams, fatigue.
What is amphetamine? or cocaine?
200
Taking responsibility for our actions.
What is accountability?
200
Codependents often engage in these type of patterns, shown by: -Using indirect or evasive communication to skirt around conflict or confrontation -Pulling people toward them, but when they get close pushing them away -Keeping free of emotional, physical, or sexual intimacy as a way to maintain distance -Withholding expressions of appreciation -Believing displays of emotion are a sign of weakness
What are Avoidance patterns?
300
Anything greater than yourself.
What is Higher Power?
300
Selectively remembering only the good aspects of your use and neglecting to remember the bad aspects of your use.
What is glorifying/romanticizing?
300
This substance does not have any recognized withdrawal syndrome but users may re-experience the same perceptual disturbances that were experienced while intoxicated, including: false perceptions of movement in the peripheral visual field, flashes of color or intensified colors, trails of images, positive after images, geometric hallucinations.
What is hallucinogens?
300
Focusing ones awareness and remaining in the present moment.
What is a mindfulness?
300
Codependents often engage in these type of patterns, shown by: -Judging what they think, say, or do harshly and as never good enough -Valuing others' approval of their thinking, feelings, and behaviors over their own -Not perceiving themselves as lovable or worthwhile -Seeking recognition and praise to overcome feeling less than -Perceiving themselves as superior to others
What are Low Self-Esteem Patterns?
400
Doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results.
What is insanity?
400
Returning to old, negative behaviors.
What is relapse?
400
These symptoms indicate one is in withdrawal from this substance: muscle aches, chills, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fever, flushed skin, burning sensation, tactile hallucinations, insomnia, lacrimation or rhinorrhea, piloerection, dilated pupils, profuse sweating.
What is opioids?
400
To cease fighting anyone, and anything.
What is surrender?
400
Codependents often engage in these type of patterns, shown by: -Attempting to convince others what to think, do, or feel -Becoming resentful when others decline their help or reject their advice -Refusing to cooperate, compromise, or negotiate -Adopting an attitude of indifference, helplessness, authority, or rage to manipulate outcomes -Demanding that their needs be met by others
What are Control patterns?
500
These are for the group, what the steps are for the individual.
What is 12 traditions?
500
In early recovery, experiencing overly optimistic emotions that do not properly reflect their actual situation.
What is pink cloud?
500
These symptoms indicate one is in withdrawal from this substance: depressed mood, irritability/frustration, anxiety, restlessness, difficulty concentrating, headaches decreased heart rate, increased appetite or weight gain, insomnia.
What is nicotine? (Caffeine is not recognized by the DSMIV as having a withdrawal syndrome.)
500
Behaviors that allow another person, to continue their addictive behaviors.
What is enabling?
500
Codependents often engage in these type of patterns, shown by: -Compromising their own values and integrity to avoid rejection or anger -Putting aside their own interests in order to do what others want -Being afraid to express their beliefs, opinions, and feelings when they differ from others -Being hypervigilant regarding the feelings of others and take on those feelings -Accepting sexual attention when they want love
What are Compliance patterns?
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