Step Work
This step has us admitting powerlessness over alcohol/drugs
what is step 1?
A disease is characterized by these 2 things:
What are signs and symptoms?
An active member of AA/NA that you chose to help you work the 12 steps
What is a sponsor?
The three components (or parts) of the disease of addiction
What is mental, physical, and spiritual?
An abnormal reaction to a substance
What is an allergy?
This step has us turning our will and our lives over to the care of our higher power
what is step 3?
The disease of addiction is characterized by these 3 things:
What is Progressive, chronic, fatal?
This group was created in Akron, OH after 2 alcoholics found a solution to their alcoholism
What is Alcoholics Anonymous?
The two classifications that separate an addict from a non-addict
What is 1. obsession of the mind 2. physical cravings?
An idea or thought that continually preoccupies or intrudes a person's mind
What is obsession?
This step has us making a searching and fearless moral inventory
What is step 4?
The suggested solution for an addicted person
What is complete abstinence?
An AA/NA group in which you attend regularly, including the group's business meetings. This is sometimes referred to as your "address in AA/NA".
What is a home group?
An addict picks up again, despite the negative consequences of their substance use, because they have a lack of what?
What is POWER or will power?
When an addict no longer has power over how much they use, when they use, or how long they can stay abstinent
What is Loss of control?
This step has us making a list of all the persons we have wronged
What is step 8?
This is the term used to name an addict's first day sober from all substances
What is a sobriety date?
When an addict feels mal-adjusted to life and has an inability to contact to themselves, others, or their higher power
What is a Spiritual Malady?
A stimulus that causes feelings/reactions that can be mild or very traumatic
What is a trigger?
This step has us seeking conscious contact with our higher power, through prayer and meditation
What is step 11?
The thoughts that often convince an addict to pick up again once they have been abstinent
What is the mental obsession?
To stay sober and help other alcoholic's to achieve sobriety.
What is AA's primary purpose?
When an addict is physically removed from drugs/alcohol he feels these 3 things
What is restless, irritable, discontent?
The methods a person uses to deal with stressful situations
What is a coping skill?