12-Step
Alcoholics Anonymous was founded by these two people.
Who are Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob?
Step 4 requires that indiviudals "made a searching and ____________ moral inventory of ourselves."
What is Fearless?
People, places, and things are examples of this.
What are triggers?
In 2017, 8.5 million American adults suffered from Co-occurring Disorders. Co-Occurring or Dual Diagnosis means this.
Having both substance use and mental health disorders?
What is Hershel?
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
What is the Serenity Prayer?
This is the relinquishment of negative emotions such as anger, judgment, and resentment that we have toward another person.
What is forgiveness?
Name five things you can do to positively cope with a trigger?
What are ________________________?
(think of the consequences, distract yourself, call a support, etc.)
The relapse process is commonly divided into these three categories.
What are emotional, mental, and physical relapse?
This is a style of communication in which people clearly state their opinions and feelings, and firmly advocate for their rights and needs without violating the rights of others.
What is Assertive communication?
Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
What is Step 9?
This is a powerful synthetic opioid that is similar to morphine but is 50 to 100 times more potent.
What is Fentanyl?
This is a treatment tool that can be used to recognize and manage the warning signs of relapse and sustain a sober lifestyle. This can include a list of coping skills and sober supports to contact.
What is a relapse prevention plan or a safety plan?
________________ is the pleasure chemical in our brains that plays a major role in substance abuse and addiction.
What is Dopamine?
A chronic disease of the liver marked by degeneration of cells, inflammation, and fibrous thickening of tissue. It is typically a result of alcoholism or hepatitis.
What is cirrhosis?
This states that "our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity."
What is the first tradition of AA?
Symptoms of withdrawal are individual to each drug but some common symptoms include irritability, anxiety, difficulties with sleep, trouble concentrating, and ____________.
What is fatigue?
This is another self-help alternative to 12-step meetings which believes that each individual finds his own path to recovery and does not depend on adherence to any one spiritual viewpoint. This is based on Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy.
What is SMART recovery?
Three prescribed and federally regulated medications can help opiate-addicted individuals start recovering from their addiction and structuring his or her life again.
What are methadone, suboxone, and naltrexone (vivitrol)?
The acronym H.A.L.T is used to remind people in recovery of high-risk situations to avoid. H.A.L.T stands for _________.
What is Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired?
The twelfth tradition asks members to place this before personalities.
What are principles?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on restructuring irrational thoughts because the theory is based on the idea that thoughts cause both ________ and behaviors.
What are feelings?
SMART is an acronym that you can use to guide your goal setting. SMART stands for Specific, ________, Attainable, Relevant, and Timely.
What is Measurable?
This term was created to describe the cluster of ongoing withdrawal symptoms, which are largely psychological and mood-related, that can continue after initial withdrawal symptoms have gone away.
What is Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome?
This is one of the Five Basic Needs in Reality Therapy. (Think back to the stranded at sea survival activity.)
What are survival, love and belonging, power, freedom or independence, and fun.