Living in the present moment and being aware of your thoughts and feelings
Mindfulness
When you believe you know what is going to happen in the future and that it will be bad
Fortune telling
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.
Step 1
Type of communication in where you put the needs, wants, and feelings of others before your own
Passive communication
Type of coping skill where you step away from your problem to get your mind off of it
Distraction coping skills
Accepting the things in which you cannot change
Radical acceptance
Thinking you know why someone is doing something or what they are thinking
Mind-reading
Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Step 5
A type of communication where you use bullying, threats, yelling, etc.
Aggressive communication
Type of coping where you take breaths in 4s
Squared breathing
The level to which you can tolerate stress
Distress tolerance
Making a little bit bad seem like the worst thing ever
Blowing things up
Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
Step 9
A type of communication where you stand up up for yourself and your needs/wants/feelings, but in a respectful way.
Assertive communication
A practice where you quiet your mind and is sometimes accompanied by deep breathing
Meditation
A type of list used to weigh certain outcomes
Pro and con list
You pay more attention to bad things, and ignore when something good happens
Ignoring the good
Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings
Step 7
A type of statement you can use that makes it so the other person doesn't feel blamed or attacked.
I-statements
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4 Core Skills
Mindfulness, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and emotion regulation.
Negative labeling
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.
Step 12
A technique/way of communicating where you give feedback by first saying something positive, then give the feedback, then say something positive again
Sandwich technique
Coping that is done in your head
Cognitive coping