Emotional Immaturity
What is emotional immaturity defined as in the workbook?
When the input of others determines how I feel about myself?
Stage II Recovery is primarily about learning to do what?
Grow up emotionally.
What is the title of Bill W.’s letter about emotional growth in recovery?
Emotional Sobriety: The Next Frontier.
What emotional experience often follows unmet expectations?
Disappointment.
Emotional sobriety is not about being free of emotions, but about doing what?
Being emotionally balanced.
What do emotionally immature people often seek from others?
Approval, acceptance, validation, and emotional security.
Who labeled Stage II Recovery as the stage focused on healthy human relations?
Earnie Larsen.
How many years sober was Bill W. when he wrote this letter?
21 years sober.
Disappointment can lead to which emotional condition according to Bill?
Depression.
Emotional sobriety requires taking responsibility for what?
Our emotional reactions.
emotional immaturity usually appears at what point in recovery?
Anytime, but most often after a crisis.
What childish pattern of behavior is addressed in Stage II Recovery?
“King Baby” behavior.
In what AA publication was Bill’s letter eventually published?
The Grapevine.
What did Bill identify as the true cause of his depression?
Emotional dependency on people and circumstances.
What does emotional sobriety replace emotional dependency with?
Dependence on God rather than people.
When emotional immaturity goes unaddressed, it can lead to what outcome?
Relapse or an unhappy sobriety.
Why do many people feel confused when emotional pain shows up in recovery?
Because they are doing the right recovery actions but still feel empty inside.
Bill believed emotionally sober members could lead AA toward what kind of development?
Greater maturity, balance, and humility.
What happens when Bill demanded others meet his emotional needs and they didn’t?
He felt defeated and depressed.
Emotional sobriety allows people to respond instead of doing what?
Reacting emotionally.
What two emotional states are identified as primary causes of relapse?
Self-hate and shame.
What must be addressed in Stage II Recovery beyond stopping substance use?
Emotional dependency, immaturity, and relationship issues.
Bill described emotional sobriety as which numbered legacy of AA?
The fourth legacy.
What flaw did Bill identify as his lifelong issue?
Absolute dependence on people or situations for security and self-esteem.
Emotional sobriety is ultimately described as learning to do what?
Grow up and mature emotionally.