True or False
You can ignore anger, stress, conflicts, and responsibilities and they will simply go away.
False
What is it called when you hold your anger in?
Stuff or repressing your anger
Name 3 biological signs of anger
Pupils dilate, heart rate speeds up, breathing becomes faster and harder, skin flushes,
In recovery I need to practice avoiding old ____, ____, and _____
People, places, and things
How many steps are in NA and AA?
12
It is important to know the difference between accepting and expressing your anger.
True
Trying to delay anger can do what?
Make it build
What is anger?
Anger is a natural and inevitable response to frustration or stress
The acronym HALT means what?
Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired
What is the purpose of the 12 steps?
To live a life free of substances
It can be beneficial to express your anger after you have cooled off
True
What should come first expressing or accepting anger?
Accepting
What is 1 external expressions of anger?
Facial expressions or body language
This skill refers to responding to a thought of using by imagining what the future consequences will be
Playing the tape through
This step involves making amends to those we’ve harmed in the past
The 9th step
Anger is only a problem when it is openly expressed.
False
What does it mean to focus your anger on a less threatening person or situation?
Shifting anger
Anger can be used as a protective mechanism to cover up what?
Fear, hurt, sadness, guilt, shame
Drugs cause this chemical in your brain to release more then normal amounts.
Dopamine
These steps are considered the “maintenance“ steps
Steps 10, 11, and 12
Most anger comes upon us suddenly.
False.
Although we have all experienced sudden, small surges of anger, such as when a car cuts us off in traffic, the more common and more destructive type of anger develops rather slowly -- inside our mind -- when something goes wrong or we are feeling victimized, and we gradually build up a rage and finally have an outburst.
What is the highest form of anger?
Rage, frenzy, fury
Fear energizes people for running away, anger energizes people for what?
Physical attack
Name at least one founder of the AA or NA program
Bill W, Bob S, or Jimmy K
What is step 8?
Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all