AA Slogans & Sayings
What does the acronym A.B.C. stand for?
What is Acceptance, Belief, Change
This actress announced she was giving up alcohol in a January 2019 interview. She starred in movies such as “Princess Diaries” She stated in an interview she just needed to stop drinking because she couldn’t handle her hangovers. “I didn’t put a drink down because my drinking was a problem I put it down because the way I drink leads me to have hangovers and those were the problem.”
Who is Anne Hathaway
This movie is about a man (Ben Affleck) with alcoholism who plays a basketball coach who can't quit drinking. Despite pleas from his friends and family, and despite getting straight for a short time, his demons return and he finally hits rock bottom after getting fired and crashing his car. It ends with him finally hearing what his sister has been pleading with him to do and he gets clean.
What is The Way Back
a condition in which your child displays a pattern of uncooperative, defiant and angry behavior toward people in authority. ODD is treatable with psychotherapy and parent management training.
What is ODD-Oppositional Defiance Disorder
This coping skill is a practice where an individual uses a technique – such as mindfulness, or focusing the mind on a particular object, thought, or activity – to train attention and awareness, and achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state
What is meditation
What is Don't Even Know I am Lying
After battling depression, anxiety and addiction stemming from childhood, this English model and actress got clean at the beginning of 2023.
She decided to get serious about her recovery after she was photographed in public a handful of times in 2022 appearing to be distressed, disheveled and possibly under the influence of drugs. She said in an interview, “It’s heartbreaking because I thought I was having fun, but at some point it was like, ‘Okay, I don’t look well’,” She played a role in movies such as Face of an Angel and "Steampunk" which streams on Amazon Prime.
Who is Cara Delevingne
1991 this is a visceral movie about the dangers of both drug use and undercover police work as two cops, played by Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jason Patric who get in way too deep as they work undercover. There is little redemption here, except that finally, Leigh's character finds her way to sobriety after Patric's character is killed.
What is Rush
a mental health condition in which you have frequent unwanted thoughts that cause you to perform repetitive behaviors over and over again like cleaning, organizing, locking and unlocking of doors obsessively
What is OCD-Obesessive Compulsive Disorder
What does the acronym H.A.L.T. stand for?
What is don't ever let yourself get to hungry, angry, lonely or tired.
Anger is one letter away from _______________
What is Danger
This famous mode/actress who is married to John Legend tried eliminating alcohol from her life a few times in 2020 and 2021 before finally completing her first year of sobriety in July 2022. “I miss feeling loopy and carefree sometimes, but to be honest toward the end, it didn’t give that fun feeling anymore anyhow.”
Who is Chrissy Teigen
When it was revealed that this author's book was only partially fictional after being touted as a memoir, the book took a terrible drop in sales. That said, the story, whether it is true or not, is still a fantastic and harrowing depiction of addiction and the revelation of sobriety. The movie is not as good as the book, but still worth a watch.
What is A Million Little Pieces
This mental health disorder involves a disconnection from reality, including hallucinations and delusions. It also affects your ability to recognize your symptoms. It’s a severe condition, and individuals diagnosed with this often hear voices and see things that are not there and do not like taking their medications to control it.
What is Schizophrenia
This is a practice that can help you pull away from flashbacks, unwanted memories, and negative or challenging emotions. These are exercises help you refocus on the present moment to distract yourself from anxious feelings. You can use these techniques to help create space from distressing feelings in nearly any situation such as box breathing or the 54321 execise.
What are grounding techniques
What does the acronym G.O.D. stand for?
What is Good Orderly Direction
Weeks after celebrating 16 years of sobriety in September 2020, this actor revealed he relapsed when he began sneaking Vicodin to manage the pain he sustained from multiple motorcycle accident. “My fear was that if I have one day, I’m going to drink and I’m going to do coke,” he noted on his “Armchair Expert” podcast caster apologizing to his wife, Kristen Bell, “I haven’t drank a beer in 16 years and I haven’t snorted a line in 16 years,”
Who is Dax Shepard
Steve Carrell's performance as a father trying to help his son is just wonderful. His son is an addict addicted to heroin and he goes through the cycle of sobriety and relapse, something addicts know all too well. It's a powerful movie, that is tough to watch, but worth it.
What is Beautiful Boy
This is a common mental health condition that can develop after a very scary or terrible life event(s). It involves symptoms like flashbacks, anxiety, negative thoughts and beliefs, hypervigilance and more and many veterans struggle with it.
What is PTSD or post traumatic stress disorder
What are self help support groups
________ without works is _________.
What is Faith Without Works Is Dead
Son of a famous rock legend musician and whose mother is a talk show host, he starred on a TV reality show about his famous family and he marked 20 years of sobriety in 2023.
Two years prior, he celebrated his sobriety journey by sharing an encouraging message to others who may be struggling. “It’s not that it get easier or harder, It’s just that it’s life on life’s terms,” he penned in the caption of an Instagram post marking his 18th year of sobriety.
Who is Jack Osborne
One of the best movies of 1995, starring Nicolaus Cage, stars as a suicidal alcoholic in Los Angeles who, having lost his family and been recently fired, has decided to move to Las Vegas and drink himself to death.
What is Leaving Las Vegas
This mental health condition is the inability to experience joy or pleasure. You may feel numb or less interested in things that you once enjoyed. It’s a common symptom of many mental health conditions like depression. Treatment is available to help you regain interest in life’s activities, like being around loved ones or listening to music.
What is Anhedonia
Art, knitting, painting, crafting, making jewelry, coloring, wood working are all examples of?
What are hobbies.