What is he/she using?
The oldest known intoxicating substance used specifically for recreational purposes (even dating back to biblical times)
What is the alcohol?
"Men and women drink essentially because they like the _______ produced by alcohol."
Double Points: What part of the Big Book is this quote taken from?
We came, We came to, We came to believe
What is step 2?
Phone calls, attend a meeting, distractions, play the tape through, think of the consequences, prayer.
What are coping skills?
One is too many and ____________________________
What is a thousand is never enough?
Class of drugs used medicinally for thousands of years to relieve physical pain but nowadays often abused to relieve emotional pain
What are opiates?
What is the name of the guy that came into Bills kitchen and talked with him about a solution he had found?
Who is Ebby Thatcher?
Fear inventory, Harms inventory, Sexual Conduct inventory, assets vs liabilities.
What is step 4?
People, places, and things.
What are triggers?
Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
What is tradition 7?
Even though life may be spiraling out of control with dependency clearly increasing, some people may believe that they are not addicted just because they may be obtaining drugs this legal medical way
What is prescriptions?
What makes up the "AA Triangle"?
What is unity, service and recovery?
Double Points: The triangle combats he "3 fold disease" of alcoholism. What makes up the 3 fold disease?
Review of our day, "FRED G", spot check inventory.
What is step 10?
12-step groups, SMART Recovery, Therapy, IOP, Faith Based Groups, Refuge Recovery.
What are sources of support?
This chemical plays a role in how we feel pleasure. It's a big part of our unique human ability to think and plan.
What is dopamine?
The vast majority of people who use this legal plant use it as often as 10 or 20 times a day despite knowing it is the number one killer of all addictive substances in the world
What is tobacco/nicotine?
"Practical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as what?"
What is intensive work with other alcoholics?
Source: BB page 89
Honesty about the behaviors that hurt others, Asking what is missing, Asking how to make things right.
What is step 9?
Stop attend meetings, start isolating, stop taking medications, a sense of complacency, start hanging out with old using friends.
What are warning signs?
Name 3 factors/preexisting conditions/predispositions to acquiring the "disease" of addiction.
What are onset of use, environment, genetics, mental health, trauma?
Stimulants such as cocaine, speed and methamphetamine, when taken for long periods can induce a mental state of hallucinations and extreme paranoid delusions called:
What is psychosis?
The millionth copy of the Big Book was given to this president.
Who is Nixon?
Character defects, moral shortcomings, relying on our higher power to assist.
What is step 6?
What are the 3 stages of relapse?
What are mental, emotional, and physical?
What is the "spiritual axiom"?
What is every time we are disturbed, no matter what the cause, there is something wrong with us.