Recovery Terms
What does PSD stand for?
Personal Sobriety Date
The only requirement for membership in Alcoholics Anonymous.
What is a desire to stop drinking
The essence of step 2 is?
Trust
The stage of step 1 is?
Disloyalty
This singer wrote a song about her refusal to get help for her addiction.
Amy Winehouse
They tried to make me go to rehab, but I said, "No, no, no"
Yes, I've been black, but when I come back, you'll know, know, know
I ain't got the time and if my daddy thinks I'm fine
He's tried to make me go to rehab, but I won't go, go, go
I'd rather be at home with Ray
I ain't got seventy days
'Cause there's nothing, there's nothing you can teach me
That I can't learn from Mr. Hathaway
What is the difference between abstinence and recovery?
Abstinence is avoiding substances; sobriety includes emotional and behavioral change and ongoing recovery work
What is the name of the document that lists the harms we have caused to others, necessary for making amends.
What is a fearless moral inventory (or just inventory)
The essence of step 5 is?
Healing damaged relationships
The stage of step 3 is?
Opposition
In this 2000 film, a newspaper columnist played by Sandra Bullock is given the choice between jail time and a rehab program.
28 Days
The term for someone who is abstinent but not in recovery.
Dry Drunk/White knuckling
Name the support group that replaces the 12 Steps with the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path to promote mindfulness and compassion in sobriety.
Refuge Recovery
The essence of step 8 is?
Short-term goals &consistency
The stage of step 6 is?
Injury
Name the 2018 film about addiction and family recovery, based on memoirs by a father and son.
Beautiful Boy
What is cross-addiction?
Developing a new addiction to replace another (e.g., quitting alcohol but starting to misuse pills or gambling)
What is the name of the support group specifically for adult children of alcoholics or those from dysfunctional families?
Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACA)
The essence of step 10 is?
Maintain positive change
The stage of step 9 is?
Danger
Name the documentary where Dr. Kevin McCauley answers the question "is addiction really a disease?"
Pleasure Unwoven
What does PAWS stand for?
Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome
What does SMART (referring to the support group) stand for?
Self-Management and Recovery Training
The essence of steps 13-16 is?
Evaluate relationship between Inner Self and personality
The stage of 13-16 is?
Grace
Name this song
And I've been on my hands and knees searching for the pills I threw
Over the back wall when I swore that I was through
And I meant it then
Nah, I really did
But f***, it doesn't really matter when you feel like this
Cold sweats, got the chills, feeling nauseated
Until I get that in my system, I can't operate it
Fell off the wagon off the planet somewhere off in space
When orbiting my problems they don't look so bad from here, I'm staying
Dopesick