Twelve Steps
This is a person whom the individual can reach out to on a regular basis to discuss matters of recovery or to find support while feeling vulnerable.
What is a sponsor?
This is the term used to describe the diagnosis of a substance use disorder along with the diagnosis of a mental health disorder.
What is dual diagnosis?
This meeting is for family members or loved ones of individuals struggling with substance use disorder.
What is Al-anon?
This is a person, place, or thing that can suddenly make you want to use your drug of choice?
What is a trigger?
This is the type of coping skill in which the individual performs specific tasks in order to cope with the desire to use.
What is an external coping skill?
The following sentence is taken directly from this step: "We admitted that we were powerless over addiction and that our lives had become unmanageable."
What is the first step?
This disorder is characterized by the constant and uncontrollable desire to perform certain tasks.
What is obsessive compulsive disorder?
This is a dysfunctional action a family member takes that encourages the individual to continue abusing substances.
What is enabling?
This is a type of written plan that helps an individual avoid returning to active addiction.
What is a relapse prevention plan?
This type of meditation is accompanied by instructions on how to breathe, how to position one's body, and what to focus on during the meditation session.
What is guided meditation?
This is a suggestion for all newcomers; specifically, this is something the individual can do in order to learn as much as possible about the 12 step program in his/her first 3 months.
What is attending 90 meetings in 90 days?
The following are the symptoms of which classification of mental disorders: rapid heartbeat, racing thoughts, breathing difficulty, and fear of dying or losing control.
What is obsessive compulsive disorder?
This dysfunctional family role is one in which the individual attempts to keep the family unit functioning while the person with the substance use disorder continues with his/her behavior.
What is the hero role?
This term describes a period of time in which an individual is very passionate about recovery and feels that everything is going perfectly well.
What is the pink cloud?
This is something that can be done to orient yourself physically or mentally.
What is grounding?
In this step, the individual makes a list of all individuals to whom he/she has done wrong and becomes willing to make amends to them all.
What is the eighth step?
This disorder is thought to be a combination of symptoms of schizophrenia and symptoms of bipolar disorder.
What is schizoaffective disorder?
This role is one that a family member may take on if he/she wants to disconnect from all aspects of family relations due to the belief that nothing will ever change.
What is the "lost child" role?
This is a recovery program that is structured similarly to twelve step programs but does not follow the 12-step model; often, this meeting is good for people who prefer meetings with no religious element.
What is Smart Recovery?
This is a popular dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) practice.
What is mindfulness?
This is a type of meeting in which a speaker shares his/her experience with addiction to the people in attendance at the meeting.
What is a lead meeting?
This type of bipolar disorder is characterized by fluctuating moods that occur over longer periods of time such as one or more weeks.
What is bipolar disorder type one?
This dysfunctional family "rule" entails avoidance of change or avoidance of doing things differently.
What is rigidity?
This is an event in which a person in recovery returns to using for only a short length of time.
What is a lapse?
This is the curriculum that is being used for this group.
What is the Hazelden curriculum?