SMART Recovery
12 step groups take a "spiritual" approach to recovery while SMART takes a _______ approach.
What is scientific?
We make dozens if not hundreds of these a day with our mind and one of the best ways to improve our lives is to practice making good ones:
What are Decisions/Choices?
This part of the Big Book describes the physical and medical aspects related to the allergy of alcohol
What is the Doctor's Opinion?
DOUBLE: Describe the difference between the phenomena of craving and mental obsession.
True or False: An alcoholic who has never done any other drugs may attend open meetings, but may not join NA as NA is open to drug addicts only.
What is false?
The vast majority of people who use this legal plant use it as often as 10 or 20 times a day despite knowing it is the number one killer of all addictive substances in the world.
What is tobacco?
The year SMART Recovery was created.
What is 1994?
This describes overall the way we present and express ourselves. If we have a negative one we should want to change it to grateful and positive
What is attitude?
Recite step 2
What is “We came to be aware that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.”
Who founded NA?
Who is jimmy K?
Bonus: Jimmy K attended AA prior to creating NA. This doctor is the first known person to get clean off substances by working the 12 steps of AA.
They say relapse doesn’t suddenly happen out of nowhere – It’s not an event, it is often much more of a gradual ____?
What is process?
What does the acronym “SMART” mean?
What is self-management and recovery training?
This categorizes and includes all that is most important in your life and, what you care about the most, and what has the most worth to you
What are Values?
The title of the chapter that lists the 12 steps
What is How it works?
Double: How many steps were originally drafted by Bill W?
The only requirement for NA membership is ______.
What is the desire to not use?
DOUBLE: What tradition # is this?
Name the 3 stages of relapse
What are Emotional, Mental, and Physical?
Name 3 SMART Recovery Activities
What is values exploration, CBA, change plan, ABC, DIBS, DEADS, etc
You can have ups and downs along the way but what matters most is that you keep moving forward. If that is true then you are steadily making this
What is Progress?
"Practical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as what?"
What is intensive work with other alcoholics?
Source: BB page 89
What decade was NA's basic text published in?
What is the 1980s?
What prayer is this: "Take my will and my life, guide me in my recovery, show me how to live."
What is the NA 3rd step prayer?
Name 2 therapy techniques that SMART Recovery adopts/utilizes:
What is CBT, REBT, or motivational enhancement therapy?
This involves all the people, places and things that you surround yourself with and that you choose to be connected to
What are Associations ?
The 1 millionth copy of the Big Book was given to this President.
Who is Richard Nixon?
What does the NA diamond represent?
What is self, service, society, and god.?
BONUS: There are two additional principles on NA’s symbol, what are they?
What are the 4 agreements?
What are