Miscellaneous Recovery
This A.A. slogan is also the name of a rock band
K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple, Stupid)
Meeting Makers __________ ___________
Make It
"We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity"
Step 2
This spiritual principle is found in the first step; "______________, open-mindedness, and willingness"
Honesty
In this stage, people are ready to take action in the next 30 days
Preparation
Repeating the same mistakes over and over and expecting different results
Insanity
A meeting at which a person in recovery might make a commitment to show up consistently to help "keep the doors open" by unlocking the doors, setting up chairs, making coffee, chairing the meeting, collecting and accounting for the group's donations, or cleaning up afterward
Home Group
We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our ___________ in Step 5
wrongs
This spiritual principle is the opposite of arrogance
Humility
This stage involves sustained behavior change for more than 6 months
Maintenance
This prayer opens many recovery meetings around the world, and might remind you how you can "know the difference" between the things you can change and those you cannot
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")
The page of A.A.'s "Big Book" on which the sentence "Acceptance is the answer to all my problems today" appears
p. 417
We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves
Step 4
"A new idea can't be grafted onto a __________ __________" - practicing listening to ideas other than your own can help with this
Closed mind
Pre-contemplation
The part of our disease that tells us we don't have a disease
Denial
This co-founder of A.A., arguably the most well-known person in recovery, is the subject of bumper stickers that have his first name and last initial on them, which are used as a way for people in A.A. to covertly identify themselves to one another.
Bill W.
This step involves taking regular personal inventory and admitting when we are wrong
Step 10
Allowing others to be who and what they are without our interruption or interference
Tolerance
In this stage, people have changed their behaviors and are intent on moving forward with that behavior change
Action
Meetings sometimes allow a special, reserved time to share for anyone attending who may have a "__________ __________" to use or drink
Burning desire
The year the first edition of the NA book, colloquially referred to as the "Basic Text," was published
1983
In this step, we make a list of all persons we have harmed, and become willing to make amends to them all
Step 8
Taking time to allow things to move into place without force or breakage
Patience
In this stage, people are ambivalent about change. They see at least some good reasons to change, but are still unsure. The problem behavior continues.
Contemplation