12 Steps
What step involves asking a Higher Power to remove short comings?
Step 7
Open Answer!
True or False: The brain can recover from addiction.
True
Give two examples of internal triggers:
Open Answer!
This musician has been in recovery since 1983. Some of his most popular songs include "No More Mr. Nice Guy", I'm Eighteen", "Schools Out", and "Poison".
Alice Cooper (Vincent Damon Furnier)
Making a fearless and moral inventory is part of which step?
Step 4
What are boundaries?
Name two medications used in Medication Assisted Treatment Programs.
Buprenorphine (Suboxone), Naltrexone (Vivitrol), Methadone
What is the only requirement for membership in AA or NA?
The desire to stop drinking and/or using.
This actress has been in recovery since 1999. Some of the movies she has starred in include "Halloween", "Christmas with the Kranks", and "My Girl".
Jamie Lee Curtis
Which step requires a person to make amends with those they had harmed?
Step 9
What does the acronym HALT stand for?
Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired
True or False: There is no treatment is available that will help "retrain" the brain and establish new routines and behaviors.
False
What are the three stages of relapse?
Emotional, Mental, and Physical
This rapper has been in recovery since 2008. Some of his well known songs include "Lose Yourself", "Not Afraid", and "Without Me".
Eminem (Marshall Brice Mathers III)
What is step 3?
"Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him".
What is the difference between internal and external triggers?
Internal triggers are thoughts and feelings that make you crave drugs or alcohol. External triggers are the people, places, and things associated with drinking or using drugs.
What is the chemical in our brain that plays a major role in substance abuse?
Dopamine
Who is the person that you can call or speak to when you experience triggers or cravings?
Your counselor or sponsor.
This musician has been in recovery since 1987. Some of his most popular songs include "Wonderful Tonight", "Tears in Heaven", and "I Can't Stand It".
Eric Clapton
What is step 11?
Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
An emergency kit that may include important phone numbers, healthy coping skills, and healthy recreational activities is called a what?
Relapse prevention plan
True or False: Addictive drugs can release 2-10 times the amount of dopamine than natural rewards (like food and positive social interactions).
True
Recite the Serenity Prayer.
God, grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.
This actor has been in recovery since 1991. Some of his most popular movies include "Pulp Fiction", "Jurassic Park", and "Snakes on a Plane".
Samuel L. Jackson