12 Steps
We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
What is the 10th step?
This technique technique helps keep you in the present and helps reorient you to the here-and-now and to reality. EX: 54321
What is grounding?
For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority: a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.
What is the 2nd tradition?
When experiencing this you may experience sensations in your body, such as a racing heart, rapid breathing, cold sweats, tension, pain, or you may feel strong emotions such as anger, fear, anxiety, sadness,
What are triggers?
When you detach, segregate and disconnect from others.
What is isolation?
Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
What is the 12th step
This technique involves realizing acting on a thought would not be in your best interest and after checking the facts of the situation, you change how you respond
What is Catch it, check it, change it?
(Also cognitive reframing)
Each group has but one primary purpose—to carry the message to the addict who still suffers.
What is the 5th tradition?
These can often lead to relapse. People who experience them often describe it as a negative emotional reaction to being mistreated
What are resentments?
For the best chance of staying sober, what is the MINIMUM length of time a person should stay in treatment?
What is 90 days?
We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
What is the 3rd step?
This technique involves doing the opposite of what your feelings are telling you to do
What is opposite to emotion action?
Every NA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
What is the 7th tradition?
This person is commonly credited with founding Narcotics Anonymous (NA) in 1953 in Los Angeles, California, for the purpose of helping its members stop using addictive substances.
What is James Patrick Kinnon? (Jimmy K)
This ____ contains information or an emergency kit to help an individual from using again. This kit could include 12 step information, important phone numbers, healthy recreational activities to participate in.
What is a relapse prevention plan?
We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
What is the 6th step?
This technique involves being aware of how one is feeling in the present moment
What is mindfulness?
Narcotics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the NA name ought never be drawn into public controversy.
What is the 10th tradition?
This is the process by which the addicted brain invents excuses that allow the person in recovery to edge close enough to relapse situations that accidents can happen.
What is justification?
These are internal mental filters or biases that increase our misery, fuel our anxiety, and make us feel bad about ourselves.
What are thinking errors? (Cognitive distortions)
We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
What is the 2nd step?
This technique involves becoming active and raising your heart rate to overcome triggers
What is exercise?
Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films.
What is the 11th tradition?
This tool helps you break down your feelings in order to help you process emotions more effectively
What is the feelings wheel?
__________is the pleasure chemical in our brains that plays a major role in substance abuse and addiction
What is dopamine?