12-Step Knowledge
This is the second step of Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous.
What is Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity?
Cravings typically do not last forever and often decrease within this amount of time.
What is 30 minutes?
Calling this person when struggling is often recommended.
Who is a sponsor, mentor, or support person?
"Keep It Simple..."
What is Stupid?
The ability to recognize and understand your emotions.
What is self-awareness?
This step involves taking a fearless and searching moral inventory.
What is Step 4?
DAILY DOUBLE
This is what HALT stands for.
What is Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired?
DAILY DOUBLE!!
This recovery practice involves writing thoughts, feelings, and experiences down.
What is journaling?
"One Day..."
What is At a Time?
Name one healthy way to manage stress.
What is exercise, prayer, meditation, talking to someone, journaling, etc.?
This step focuses on making amends to people harmed by addiction.
What is Step 9?
A person, place, feeling, or situation that increases relapse risk.
What is a trigger?
Deep breathing, meditation, and grounding exercises are examples of this.
What are coping skills?
"Easy..."
What is Does It?
This feeling often increases when people isolate themselves.
What is loneliness?
This is the spiritual principle most associated with Step 1.
What is honesty?
The first stage of relapse often begins before substance use occurs.
What is emotional relapse?
A written plan identifying triggers, warning signs, and coping strategies.
What is a relapse prevention plan?
"Progress Not..."
What is Perfection?
Recovery often improves this area that includes family, friends, and coworkers.
What are relationships?
DAILY DOUBLE!!
According to the Big Book, this condition—not alcohol itself—is described as the real problem of the alcoholic.
What is the alcoholic mind (or the obsession of the mind)?
The Four D's of craving management include Delay, Distract, De-Stress, and this.
What is De-catastrophize?
This recovery practice involves pausing to honestly evaluate your thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and recovery progress each day.
What is a daily inventory?
"Your best thinking got you..."
What is Here?
This is the ability to recover and continue moving forward after setbacks.
What is resilience?