Traditions, Traditions, Traditions
Remaining Anonymous
Tradition Twelve: “Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.”
"We have found that justified _____ ought to be left to those better qualified to handle it. _____, resentments, jealously, envy, self-pity, hurt pride -- all led to the bottle."
Anger
-Big Book
The type of anger when we’re aware of our anger but choose not to express it, often to avoid conflict or because it doesn’t feel like the right time to address it.
Suppressed, Suppressed Anger
The intentional and voluntary process by which one who may have felt initially wronged, victimized, harmed or hurt goes through a process in changing feelings and attitude regarding a given offender for his/her actions, and overcomes the impact of the offense, flaw or mistake including negative emotions.
Forgiveness
Cigarettes contain anywhere between 3.4 micrograms to 8.8 micrograms/cigarette of this chemical.
Formaldehyde
Practicing Unity
Tradition One: “Our common welfare should come first, personal recovery depends on [AA, NA, CA, NicA, etc.] unity.”
“Four Horsemen–Terror, Bewilderment, Frustration, and _______.”
Despair
-Big Book
The unconscious avoidance and denial of anger.
Repressed, Repressed Anger
The lowest level of forgiveness and applies to situations in which the person who hurt you has never acknowledged any wrongdoing.
Release
According to an article published in March, 2023, this Pennsylvania county had the highest number of reported overdoses.
Erie (Fun Fact: Columbia County is second, Fulton County is third, and Cambria County is fourth)
Recovering as a Group
Tradition Eight: “[Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Cocaine Anonymous, Nicotine Anonymous, etc.] should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ special workers.”
"It seems safer to embrace what we know than to let go of it for ____ of the unknown."
Fear
-Basic Text
The emotion that’s most significant in addiction and recovery that you can’t let go of and that you replay in your mind often. We think we’ve been wronged by someone, and those feelings of anger, sadness, and disappointment don’t go away.
Resentment
A promise of ___________ increases the effectiveness of an apology by assuring hearers that the speaker will not repeat his or her transgression.
Forbearance
This powerful sedative that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved for veterinary use is in heroin and fentanyl today and causes the skin to deteriorate from the inside out. (PHARMASUTICAL NAME)
Xylazine (Tranq)
Practicing Self-Support
Tradition Seven: “Every [AA, NA, CA, NicA, etc.] group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.”
“It’s not recovery that is painful; our ________ to it is what hurts.”
Resistance
-Basic Text
An avoidant type of anger. People with this type of anger show their emotions in ways other than confrontation, such as sarcasm or an intentional lack of response.
Passive Aggressive, Passive Aggressive Anger
A piece of the forgiveness process that involves healing a relationship after a wrong or a hurt has been done.
Reconciliation
This city in the United States had the most opioid-related overdoses per 100,000 people in an article published in August, 2023.
Baltimore, Maryland: 174.1 drug overdoses per 100,000 people
Outside Opinions
Tradition Nine: “[Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Cocaine Anonymous, Nicotine Anonymous, etc.] has no opinion on outside issues; hence the [AA, NA, CA, NicA, etc.] name ought never be drawn into public controversy.”
“We talked of ___________, while we were _________ ourselves.”
Intolerance, Intolerant
-Big Book
This type of anger is considered to be a constructive type of anger, can be beneficial in that it might spur people on to make positive changes in their lives.
Assertive, Assertive Anger
The action that takes place when one realizes that the harmful action was a genuine accident for which no fault can be assigned, when the offender is a child or someone else who didn’t understand the hurt they were inflicting, or when the person who hurt you is truly sorry, takes full responsibility for what they did, asks forgiveness, and gives you confidence that they will not knowingly repeat their bad action in the future.
Exoneration
This country accounted for 80% of the global illicit opium production in 2022 (an estimated 6,200 tons out of 7 800 tons).
Afghanistan