Big Book
When was the big book published?
1939
What does DBT stand for?
Answer: Dialectical Behavior Therapy.
In CBT, what are the three parts of the CBT triangle?
Answer: Thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
Which class of drugs slows breathing and creates a particularly high overdose risk?
Answer: Opioids
What is the non-intoxicating cannabinoid commonly found in cannabis?
Answer: CBD
The Big Book says that resentment is the “number one” what?
Answer: What is offender?
What does ACT stand for in therapy?
Name 3 Cognitive distortions
Some acceptable answers-
About how many Americans age 12 or older had an alcohol use disorder in 2023: 5 million, 15 million, or about 29 million?
Answer: About 29 million
What term describes a period of unusually elevated or irritable mood with increased energy?
Answer: Mania
This chapter begins with “Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path.”
Answer: What is “How It Works”?
What does HALT stand for?
Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired
What cognitive distortion involves assuming the worst possible outcome will happen?
Answer: Catastrophizing
Alcohol is classified primarily as what type of drug?
Answer: Central nervous system depressant
What part of the brain is heavily involved in judgment, decision-making, and impulse control?
Answer: Prefrontal cortex
According to the Big Book, “Half measures availed us _____.
What is nothing?
“Principles before ______.”
Answer: Personalities
If someone thinks, “I messed up once, so I’m a complete failure,” what cognitive distortion are they using?
Answer: All-or-nothing thinking
Methamphetamine and cocaine are both stimulants, but which neurotransmitter is especially associated with the intense reward and reinforcement produced by these drugs?
Answer: Dopamine
What second medication is combined with buprenorphine in Suboxone?
Answer: Naloxone
In the Big Book, the phrase “We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness” comes from this well-known section.
Answer: What are the Ninth Step Promises?
What does each letter in the acronym SMART stand for when creating goals?
Answer: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound
In CBT, what is the process of identifying an unhelpful thought, examining the evidence for and against it, and replacing it with a more balanced thought called?
Answer: Cognitive restructuring
About how many deaths occur each year in the U.S. from excessive alcohol use: 50,000, 100,000, or 175,000?
Answer: 175,000 deaths per year.
What term describes having both a mental health disorder and a substance use disorder at the same time?
Answer: Co-occurring disorders / dual diagnosis