12 Steps of Recovery
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
What is the Serenity Prayer?
Call a friend, journaling, exercising are examples .
What are coping skills?
The first step in the substance abuse process.
What is detoxification?
A disease that causes out control behavior and chemical dependence.
What is Addiction?
Living environments that promote abstinence-based, long term recovery.
What are a sober house and recovery houses, or halfway houses?
He or she can help you learn, understand, and live the 12 Steps.
What is a sponsor?
A person says this to assertively refrain from using drugs or alcohol.
What is “NO!”?
Facility for a designated period of time to focus on recovery.
What is inpatient/residential treatment?
This can be used to treat an Opioid overdose.
What is Narcan?
The literature for AA and NA.
What is The Big Book and Basic Text?
This step involves making direct amends to people who have been harmed due to the substance abuse disorder.
What is Step 9?
The acronym H.O.W. means this.
What is Honesty, Open mindfulness, Willingness?
Needed to maintain recovery.
What is sobriety?
The #1 cause of deaths in our country.
What is Overdose?
The new Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
What is 988?
This step is focused on accepting character defects exactly as they are and then being willing to let them go.
What is step 6?
Use this when you find yourself back in using behavior.
What is Relapse Prevention Plan?
Helps individuals identify and change behaviors and thought patterns that contribute to substance use, and develop coping skills to prevent relapse.
What is Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)?
The acronym H.A.L.T. stands for this.
What is Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired?
Residential inpatient treatment, Outpatient treatment, MAT services, Medical services, are examples.
Recovery resources (Gateway)
This step encourages one to make a “searching and fearless moral inventory of themselves.”
What is step 4?
Limits you place on yourself to protect your recovery.
What are boundaries?
It can help the person feel a lot less alone and help them want to quit.
What is group therapy?
Pre-contemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, Action, Maintenance
What are the 5 Stages of Change?
The largest online and offline organization for substance abuse information, statistics and research.
What is the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH)?