12 Step
Someone to reach out to/do stepwork with.
The idea of being sober today
One day at a time
30.8 million Americans currently use this.
Cigarettes
This remade movie has Bradley Cooper as an Alcoholic singer who meets a young singer who he mentors.
A Star is Born
These feelings typically precede a relapse.
HALT (Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired)
Setting up chairs, bringing coffee, greeter.
Commitments
The idea that you cant shove 1 year of sobriety in 1 month.
Time takes time
The most common time of the year for a DUI?
Thanksgiving through New Years.
This TV show centers around a chef in Chicago who is reluctant to attend Al-Anon meetings after his brother completes suicide.
The Bear
Meetings focused on people in early recovery.
Beginner's Meetings
The idea that you can tell who is at the meeting for similar reasons.
Stick with like minded people.
The US is responsible for this much of the global drug use.
75%
Focused on the story of 5 Scottish heroin addicts in Edinbrugh as some attempt to get sober and other fall further into addiction.
Trainspotting
The idea some people have that they are considered sober if they are only smoking cannabis.
California Sober
This tradition means that AA is open to anyone who wishes to stop drinking/using.
Tradition 3- Our membership ought to include all who suffer from alcoholism. Hence, we may refuse none who wish to recover. Nor ought membership ever depend upon money or conformity. Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an AA group, provided that, as a group, they have no other affiliation.
A simple program for complicated people
From 2015 to 2019 this was found to be the cause of death for 1 in 8 Americans ages 20-64
Alcohol
This movie tells the story of Micky Ward and his relationship with his brother through addiction and incarceration.
The Fighter
Replacing one bad habit with another.
Cross Addiction.
Bill W.
The idea that everything will stay the same.
Nothing Changes if nothing changes.
This percentage of Americans aged 12 and older have used a illegal drug in the past month.
13%
This movie concerns a Hollywood screenwriter who, after losing his everything, takes his last check to drink himself to death.
Leaving Las Vegas
This state has the worst access for mental health care for adults.
Colorado