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Types of 12 Step Groups
Basic Assumptions of 12 step Programs
Famous People
12 Steps
Key Terms
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This group caters to alcoholics.
What is Alcoholics Anonymous
100
This alone is not sufficient to overcome alcoholism or addiction.
What is willpower
100
This blonde bombshell, once married to Joe DiMaggio died of a prescription drug overdose on 8/5/62 at the age of 36.
Who is Marilyn Monroe
100
This step involves asking a higher power to remove short-comings
What is step 7
100
Anyone can attend these types of meetings
What is an open meeting.
200
This group provides support for family members of alcoholics.
What is Al-Anon
200
This is viewed as the only viable alternative for the addict or alcoholic.
What is life long abstinence.
200
This blonde bombshell, once married to millionaire J. Howard Marshall, died of a drug overdose in the Bahamas on 2/8/07. Her son, Daniel, died of an overdose on 9/10/06, while visiting her in the hospital after she gave birth to her daughter, Dannielynn.
Who is Anna Nicole Smith
200
This step regards making a "fearless moral inventory"
What is step 4
200
This is a group in which a member is comfortable with and where he or she does officical group buisiness and attends on a regular basis.
What is a home group.
300
This group deals with individuals addicted to different types of illicit drugs.
What is Narcotics Anonymous
300
12 step groups and the medical community believe that alcoholism and addiction are this kind of disease.
What is a chronic disease? Will also accept brain or spiritual disease.
300
This singer and actress, once married to Bobby Brown, died in a bathtub with multiple substances in her system on 2/11/12. She left behind one daughter, Bobbi Christina.
Who is Whitney Houston? She died of accidental drowning, due to atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use. Toxicology reports showed the acute presence of cocaine indicating use prior to death, as well as sub-/therapeutic levels of marijuana, Benadryl, Flexeril, and Xanax.
300
This step involves a higher power restoring an individual to sanity.
What is step 2.
300
This person is an experienced member who guides newcomers through recovery.
What is a sponsor.
400
This group offers support for people who have a food addiction.
What is Overeaters Anonymous.
400
12 step groups are founded on spiritual progress, not spiritual _______________.
What is perfection.
400
This singer, who was accused of child molestation, died in 2009 of cardiac arrest due to a lethal dose of propofol delivered by his physician, Conrad Murray.
Who is Michael Jackson
400
This step requires you to admit that you are powerless and that your life has become unmanageable.
What is Step One
400
Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions is Tradition 7. AA supports itself in this way.
What is being self-supporting through members' contributions.
500
This group helps family members of drug addicts.
What is Nar-Anon
500
Once you have achieved a certain amount of sobriety you should still attend these.
What are meetings.
500
This lead singer of the band, Nirvana died in 1994 of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head while under the influence of a potentially lethal dose of heroin with traces of diazepam.
Who is Curt Cobain
500
Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs is this step.
What is Step 12
500
Recovery Residence — is basically a “home” where no alcohol, drugs or paraphernalia are allowed. Tallgrass and VOA offer recovery residences which are more commonly known as this.
What are Sober Living homes? Often family members and friends are not ready to have the addict/alcoholic move home, or the addict/alcoholic is not ready to move home because of too many triggers or an unhealthy recovery environment. In these instances, a sober living home is suggested.