Just Another Statistic
12 Step
Life In Early Recovery
Coping For A Cure
Recovery Rulez
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It is estimated that this percent of people in need of substance abuse feel they do not have a problem with alcohol/drugs

What is 95%

100

A group for men and women who have a desire to stop using drugs or alcohol. Ex. NA, AA, CA….etc

What are 12 Step Fellowships?

100

Many people in early recovery have a tendency to continue this thought pattern that in turn can enable the person to continue to use alcohol and drugs

What is Justify Substance Use

100

Some high risk situations to avoid are to not let yourself get to tired, lonely, hungry or angry. This acronym helps people remember these situations

What is HALT

100

General rule of thumb is that a person in early recovery must have this much time of uninterrupted sobriety in order to sponsor someone else

What is two years

200

Statistically speaking this holiday provides the highest rate of drunk driving accidents and arrests

What is Thanksgiving

200

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

What is the Serenity Prayer

200

When a person enters a detox treatment program, they usually receive medical clearance after this many days

What is 5-7 days

200

One of the most common, and effective, coping skills a person in early recovery can possess is a string of behaviors classified as "a sequence of actions regularly followed"

What is a Routine

200

The first symptom a person experiences as a sign that they are developing a substance use disorder

What is increased tolerance

300

It is estimated that this many people due each year as a direct result of substance abuse

What is 88,000

300

Which step asks you to make a searching and fearless moral inventory of your past?

What is step four

300

People in early recovery can still display characteristics of this clinical condition where an individual will not acknowledge their substance use as problematic in spite of overwhelming evidence

What is denial

300

Information or an emergency kit to help an individual from using again. This kit could include 12 step information, important phone numbers, healthy recreational activities to participate in.

What is a relapse prevention plan

300

This is the only requirement for an individual to meet in order to be a member of Alcoholics or Narcotics Anonymous

What is possess the desire to stay sober

400

According to AA, a person is this percentage more likely to achieve long term sobriety if they obtain and meet regularly with a sponsor

What is 66%

400

Live and let live, Keep it simple, One day at a time, Let go and let God are examples of what?

What are 12 step slogans

400

Following a detox, a person in early recovery will continue to experience symptoms of emotional/psychological withdrawal known by this acronym

What is PAWS


Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome

400

This term refers to a mode of thinking where a person will empower themselves to achieve a goal via review of past instances of personal accomplishment

What is Self- Efficacy

400

Individuals in early recovery must make honesty a priority and avoid doing this behavior in early recovery where a person will withhold certain information to avoid being dishonest

What is Omission

500

It is estimated that approximately this percent of parents talk to their children about the dangers associated with substance abuse

What is 33%

500

Three indispensable spiritual principles in the 12 step fellowship are? (hint, think of H.O.W.)

What are honesty, open-mindedness, and willingness.

500

Re-occurring behaviors associated with past substance use that could put an individual at risk to return to active substance use.

What are Relapse Warning Signs

500

For a person to truly learn from errors of past behaviors they must first process this emotion that is triggered when a person violates a perceived moral guideline

What is Guilt

500

Most recovery programs encourage people to avoid initiating these types of courtships in early recovery

What are Intimate Relationships

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