RECOVERY VOCAB
Addicts often make every excuse to keep using.
What is DENIAL
"Dont let the past _____ your present."
What is STEAL.
TRUE or FALSE
The way people view addiction and recovery has an influence on those who are in recovery.
TRUE
Guilt is feeling bad about what you've done. _____ is feeling bad about who you are.
What is SHAME.
A primary emotion that most addicts feel prior to picking up drugs and alcohol for the 1st time.
What is FEAR?
A disease which causes individuals to consume substances, despite the negative consequences.
What is ADDICTION.
" First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes _____ ."
What is YOU.
This is the most commonly abused drug across the nation.
What is marijuana.
It began in 1935 with a chance meeting between two alcoholics, one a doctor, and one a broker.
What is AA?
This spiritual principle is necessary when surrendering to a higher power.
What is FAITH?
An individual that has been where you have been and can provide guidance and support.
What is a SPONSOR.
"Rock bottom became the solid _____ on which I rebuilt my life."
What is FOUNDATION.
Deaths from ____ skyrocketed more than 1000% from 2011 to 2016.
What is FENTANYL.
The 12th tradition asks members to place this before personalities.
What are PRINCIPLES?
In active addiction addicts often lose this.
What is FRIENDS?
The excessive partnership in which two people experience, an emotional attachment.
What is CODEPENDENCY.
"Recovery is an _____ that your life is in shambles, and you have to change it."
What is ACCEPTANCE.
Decreased control over motor skills, inability to concentrate and focus, addiction, heart attack, liver failure, and kidney disease are only some of the consequences.
What is ALCOHOLISM.
Meetings are self-supporting through this.
What is "our own contributions"?
(DAILY DOUBLE) Happy, Joyous, and _____ .
What is FREE?
DAILY DOUBLE A cognitive behavoral approach to relapse with the goal of identifying and preventing high rism situations such as unhealthy substance use, obsessive compulsive behavior, sexual offending, obesity and depression.
What is RELAPSE PREVENTION.
" _______ is something that doesn't get a day off, you have to work on it every single day."
What is RECOVERY.
The development of an action plan designed in order to motivate and guide a person or group towards a goal.
What is GOAL SETTING.
When you are pleased with yourself, resting on your laurels and lacking motivation in your recovery you are....
What is COMPLACENT?
We must do this for ourselves before we can do this for others.
What is FORGIVE?