12-Steppin
In the first step, the recovering addict must admit that
What is they are powerless over their addiction and their life has became unmanageable
The oldest known intoxicating substance
used specifically for recreational purposes
(even dating back to biblical times)
Alcohol
We make dozens if not hundreds of these a day with our mind and one of the best ways to improve our lives is to practice making good ones:
Decisions/choices
A strong addictive urge that can pull you in a way you may not want to go if you are not careful
Craving
THIS RAPPER RELEASED AN ALBUM ENTITLED "RECOVERY
Eminem
Which step asks you to make a searching and fearless moral inventory of your past?
Step 4
What does PAWS stand for?
Post Acute Withdrawal Symptoms
The essential inner drive, focus and desire, that brings about positive change and attainment of goals
Motivation
A slip from recovery where the patient returns back to their old habit/ addictive behavior
Relapse
The singer/songwriter of Piano Man struggled with alcohol abuse for years before entering rehab.
Billy Joel
Failure to recognize the truth about a problem, particularly an addiction, is often referred to as this
Denial
________________ is the pleasure chemical in our brains that plays a major role in substance abuse and addiction
Dopamine
You can have ups and downs along the way but what matters most is that you keep moving forward. If that is true then you are steadily making this
Progress
A person, place, thing or event that can result in psychological and then physical relapse.
Trigger
This actor/director of "A Star is Born" stopped drinking at the age of 29
Bradley Cooper
This recovery network was established in the 1940s and started in California. It asserts that its therapeutic value for aiding people in recovery is that the program is based on people helping people.
Narcotics Anonymous
Purely from the point of total cost and harm to the community, which is usually considered by experts to be the most 'dangerous' substance? This is probably due to its widespread use in most places.
Alcohol
It is essential to learn to eliminate this negative emotion which stems from holding on to anger and grudges
Resentment
Normal neurobiological event characterized by the need to increase the dose over time to obtain the original effect. A state in which a drug produces a diminishing biological or behavioral response; in other words, higher doses are needed to produce the same effect experienced initially.
Tolerance
This actor from a popular series of books turned movies developed an alcohol addiction while filming these movies...(hint. Order of the Phoenix)
Daniel Radcliffe
Three indispensable spiritual principles in the 12 step fellowship are? (hint, think of H.O.W.)
Honesty, Open-mindedness, willingness
Stimulants such as cocaine, speed and methamphetamine, when taken for long periods can induce a mental state of hallucinations and extreme paranoid delusions called:
Psychosis (Or stimulant-induced psychosis)
Maintain limits with self and others, protecting your personal and emotional space, avoid negativity
Setting or Maintaining Boundaries
When you spend too much, use too much or too often and life problems are steadily piling up, it is a good sign you have lost this
Control
This metallic man has been in recovery since 2003. He was introduced to drugs by his famous father and spent time in jail. He saw a resurgence in his popularity since entering recovery and staring in a series of hit movies.
Robert Downey Jr.