Famous Christians in Recovery
Chemicals and the Human Brain
The 12 Steps
AA's ties to Christian Spirituality
God's Love for Imperfect People
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This Cheers co-star landed his own sitcom that lasted for another 11 seasons, and will be returning again soon.

Who is Kelsey Grammer

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This popular stimulant reaches and impacts our brain chemistry in only 10 seconds.

What is nicotine

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Which is the first step that addresses our need for a "Higher Power"?

What is Step 2

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Commonly shared at AA meetings, this begins with the words, "God, grant me..."

What is The Serenity Prayer

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God called this person to tell all humanity about God's love for us, even though this person was actively killing Christians at the time.

Who is the Apostle Paul

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Used alcohol and drugs to overcome his fear of being on stage - until he surrendered that to Jesus, became sober, and is now one of the biggest Country Music stars of all time.

Who is Tim McGraw

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This is the pleasure chemical in our brains that plays a major role in substance abuse and addiction.

What is dopamine

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In step 3, we "turn our _______  _____  _____  ________ over to the care of God..."

What is "our will and our lives"

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These are "the 3 indispensable spiritual principles" in the 12-Step fellowship of A.A.

What are Honesty, Openness, and Willingness (H.O.W.)

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Despised by all Jews in his time, this "traitor" was asked by Jesus to be one of his closest students.

Who is Matthew

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This young Disney star had a near-death experience with an overdose that caused her to surrender her life to Jesus and now helps others escape addiction.

Who is Demi Lovato

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The acronym H.A.L.T. reminds us of the dangers of allowing ourselves to get into these circumstances.

What is Hungry, Angry, Lonely, and Tired.

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Before we ask God to remove our shortcomings in Step 7, we must become willing to let God deal with these in Step 6...

What are our "defects of character"?

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From the chapter "How it Works", the Big Book says it works because God could and would  __  __  ____  _____.

What is "God could and would if He were sought"

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Jesus told a Parable in which this person becomes the hero of the story, even though the people listening were sure that he was the "bad guy".

Who is "The Good Samaritan"

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A veteran of over 80 movies including "The Right Stuff", he is said to be "one of the best actors to never have received a nomination for an academy award".

Who is Dennis Quaid

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Our brains learn habits by these 2 words that begin with the letter "R".

What is Repetition and Reward

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In step 10, this is what we must do when we are wrong.

What is "promtly admitted it"

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The Christian Discipleship organization that helped Bill W. become sober, and led to the principles of A.A.'s 12 steps.

What is The Oxford Group

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This woman was a student of Jesus and followed him his entire ministry, even though when they first met she was possessed by demons.

Who is Mary Magdalene

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Cofounder of the metal band Korn, he left the band in 2005, gave his life to Jesus, sobered up, and started his own recovery program.

Who is Brian Welch

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While chemicals can literally change the wiring of our brains, thankfully that wiring can be changed back again after sobriety, thanks to this natural feature of our brains.

What is Plasticity

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Step 11 says that we need to continue to seek, through prayer and meditation, to improve this...

What is "our conscious contact with God"

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After surrendering to God and improving our conscious contact with God, we are encouraged to pray for this.

What is "the knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out"

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According to John, this is the first person to which Jesus revealed his identity as our much-needed Savior.

Who is the Samaritan Woman at the Well