The Seven Challenges
All in the family
Recover yourself
Only you can prevent relapse
There is no defense for you
100
We thought about where we seemed to be headed, where we wanted to go, and what we wanted to accomplish.
What is Challenge 5?
100
This person is the center or attention.
Who is the addict?
100
This organ detoxifies the body of alcohol and drugs.
What is the liver?
100
This is where a person starts to cut themselves off from other people.
What is isolation?
100
Threatening or painful thoughts and feelings are excluded from awareness.
What is repression?
200
We looked at our use of alcohol and other drugs to see if it had caused harm, or could cause harm.
What is Challenge 3?
200
This person needs to make the family look good to outsiders.
Who is the hero?
200
This term means you need more to get the same effect.
What is tolerance?
200
This is what you become when you can't accept constructive criticism.
What is defensive?
200
Closing one's eyes to the existence of a threatening aspect of reality.
What is denial?
300
We decided to open up and talk honestly about ourselves and about alcohol and other drugs.
What is Challenge 1?
300
This person plays the role of the jester.
Who is the mascot?
300
This popular liquid drug is a depressant.
What is alcohol?
300
This is how you might feel towards someone who is trying to help.
What is resentful?
300
This is the use of reasoning to justify or decrease the effects of unacceptable thoughts.
What is rationalization?
400
We looked at our responsibility and the responsibility of others for our problems.
What is Challenge 4?
400
This is the silent, out of the way family member.
Who is the lost child?
400
This chemical increases in the brain when we feel a "rush."
What is dopamine?
400
These symptoms might start to suddenly reappear.
What is withdrawal?
400
This is unconsciously attributing one's own unacceptable thoughts or feelings to others.
What is projection?
500
We looked at what we liked about alcohol and other drugs, and why we were using them.
What is Challenge 2?
500
This family member often acts out in front of others, rebels, and diverts attention from the addict.
Who is the scapegoat?
500
An overdose of alcohol can lead to this.
What is death?
500
You might experience a change in one of these.
What is attitude or behavior? (either answer is acceptable)
500
This is going back to an earlier phase of development when there were fewer demands.
What is regression?
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