Meetings
This 12-Step fellowship was created in 1938 and serves as a blueprint for the many fellowships which followed.
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
This is a person with whom you choose to work the 12 steps and allow to share his/her experiences and knowledge about recovery.
Sponsor
This is the term used in the MORE curriculum to describe the act in early recovery of making your environment safer and free from things you used while in addiction.
"Trash Your Stash"
Some sort of internal or external stimulus that causes the recovering addict to desire to use drugs or alcohol again.
Trigger
The state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled.
Serenity
This 1939 basic text of Alcoholics Anonymous is the story of how more than one hundred men had recovered from alcoholism.
The "Big Book"
This Step One concept can be difficult for some to grasp and is often mistaken for weakness.
Powerlessness
__________, __________, and __________ that remind of us past drug use can lead to relapse.
People, Places, and Things
The four most common stressors in recovery, represented by the acronym H.A.L.T.
Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired
This emotion is a natural and normal response to situations where we feel threatened, violated, or cheated.
Anger
The meeting which you choose to attend most often, feel most comfortable, and celebrate your recovery milestones.
Home Group
Step One encourages us to realize that we cannot stop using alcohol or other drugs with this alone.
Willpower
This helps you to identify your high-risk situations, cope with these situations, and keep your life in balance.
Relapse Prevention Plan
The term used for the self-defeating beliefs we hold which lead us to relapse.
"Stinking Thinking"
This results from unresolved anger.
Resentments
"We are going to know a new_______ and a new happiness."
-Alcoholics Anonymous
Freedom
To live an ongoing lifetime of recovery, we must first trust in this.
Higher Power
No ____________ and no routines = no sobriety.
Schedule
A positive and encouraging network of people who help you to maintain your recovery.
Support System
Living with this emotion is like paying interest on a loan you don't owe.
Fear
This is the recommendation for meeting attendance based on the thought process that the first 30 days is meant to break the habit, the second 30 days is to create the new habit, and the last 30 days is to lock in whatever you are trying to achieve.
90 in 90
The three phases that show how you grow as you work the Steps.
Preparation (Steps 1-3), Transformation (Steps 4-9), and Continued Transformation (Steps 10-12).
These are the three key ingredients needed to move forward in a successful program of recovery. (H.O.W.)
Honesty, Open-mindedness, and Willingness
Trigger -> Thought -> Craving -> Use
Relapse Trigger Process
This technique can be used to manage anger and self-defeating beliefs.
"ABCD Technique"
(ACTION, BELIEFS, CONSEQUENCES, DISPUTE)