Recovery
Famous Addicts
Cognitive Distortions
Withdrawals
Movies
100
In this step, we make a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
What is Step 4?
100
This famous neurologist (and cocaine addict) founded psychoanalysis and developed theories about the unconcious mind and defense mechanisms such as repression.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
100
This is when you see things as completely good or bad, perfect or awful.
What is All or Nothing Thinking?
100
This the most common symptom of withdrawal for Marijuana.
What is Insomnia?
100
This 1996 British film follows a group of depressed heroin addicts and their passage through life. Starring Ewan MacGregor.
What is "Trainspotting"?
200
Meetings are self-supporting through this.
What is Our own contributions?
200
This 1980's teen heartthrob is best known for his roles in Lucas, License to Drive and The Lost Boys. He died in March 2010, due to complications surrounding his drug addiction.
Who is Corey Haim?
200
This is when you don't see or remember your destructive behavior and its negative results.
What is denial?
200
Withdrawal from these 2 substances can be fatal.
What are Alcohol and Benzodiazepines?
200
This 2000 film is about a newspaper columnist who is forced into rehab after she crashes a limo she stole from her sisters wedding into a house. Starring Sandra Bullock.
What is "28 Days"?
300
This person is a guide, a mentor, and a fellow recovering addict, who volunteers their time to help a newcomer in the 12-step program.
What is a Sponsor?
300
This actor made his 1st notable appearance in the 1986 movie "Stand By Me". He died in 1993 of drug induced heart failure outside the Hollywood nightclub, The Viper Room.
Who is River Phoenix?
300
This is the process by which the addicted brain invents excuses that allow the person in recovery to edge close enough to relapse situations that accidents can happen.
What is Justification?
300
This substance is used to treat opiate addiction.
What is Suboxone?
300
This 1978 film stars comedic duo Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong.
What is "Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke"?
400
The twelfth tradition asks members to place this before personalities.
What is Principles (of A.A.)?
400
This retired professional basketball player is also known for his eccentric appearance, "bad boy" antics and high profile relationships with Madonna and Carmen Electra.
Who is Dennis Rodman?
400
This is when you leap to conclusions about the future, and put definite interpretations on events or actions that don't have clear meanings.
What is Predicting Without Facts?
400
List three withdrawal symptoms Methamphetamine abusers experience when detoxing.
What is Cravings, Sleep Disturbances,Shaking and tremors, Fever, chills, profuse sweating, Nausea and vomiting, Hypertension, Heart palpitations, Respiratory failure?
400
This 2000 legal crime drama explores illegal drug trade from a number of perspectives. Starring Benicio del Toro.
What is "Traffic"?
500
The house where Bill Wilson was born has been converted into an AA meeting House/Bed and Breakfast and is located where....
Where is East Dorset, Vermont?
500
Name 4 celebrities that are part of the "27 Club"
Who are Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Amy Whinehouse, Jean-Michel Basquiat?
500
This is when you assume that your emotions or suspicions reflect the way things really are: "If I feel it, it must be true".
What is Emotional Reasoning?
500
This is a rapid onset of confusion usually caused by withdrawal from alcohol. People may also see or hear things other people do not. Physical effects may include shaking, shivering, irregular heart rate, and sweating. Occasionally, a very high body temperature or seizures may result in death.
What is Delirium tremens?
500
This 1955 film tells the story of a heroin addict who gets clean while in prison, but struggles to stay that way in the outside world. Starring Frank Sinatra.
What is "The Man With The Golden Arm"?