Stages of Change
When you want to get clean, on one hand, but also want to use, you are in this stage of change.
What is CONTEMPLATION
This is often fatal
What are RELAPSES
During this step, you apologize to people whom you have injured in your addiction.
What is STEP 9
Breathable substances that produce mind-altering results and effects.
What are INHALANTS
Guilt is feeling bad about what you've done. _______ is feeling bad about who you are.
What is SHAME
When you are thinking about the changes you want to make and beginning to put it into action, you are in what stage of change.
What is PREPARATION STAGE OF CHANGE
Taking this starts the deadly cycle all over again
What is THAT FIRST DRINK OR DRUG
In this step, you create lists of those you have harmed and gain insights into behavioral patterns.
What is STEP 4
These drugs accelerate the heart rate and elevate the blood pressure and "speed-up," or over-stimulate, the body.
What are STIMULANTS
The 12th tradition asks that we place what before personalities
What are PRICIPALS
When you've continued with the same recovery routine for 1+ years, you are in what stage of change
What is the MAINTENANCE STAGE OF CHANGE
Emotional and spiritual lapses cause us to become defenseless against what?
What is PHYSICAL RELAPSE or that first drink or drug.
How do we improve our conscious contact with God?
What is PRAYER AND MEDITATION
These drugs slow down the operations of the brain and the body, including alcohol, barbiturates, anti-anxiety tranquilizers, GHB, Rohypnol, and many other anti-depressants (e.g., Zoloft, Paxil)
What are Central Nervous System (CNS) Depressants.
The stress hormone...
What is cortisol
When you are in denial, you are in this stage of change.
What is PRE-CONTEMPLATION STAGE OF CHANGE.
Not taking care of what lowers our self esteem and establishes a pattern that repeats itself in all areas of our lives?
What are PERSONAL AFFAIRS
Step 11 encourages us to improve our contact with God how?
What is THROUGH PRAYER AND MEDITATION
These drugs relieve pain, induce euphoria, and create mood changes in the user.
What are NARCOTICS or OPIODS
What tradition states that our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends on AA unity.
What is TRADITION ONE of AA
When you've been maintaining your recovery routine for at least 6-months, you are in what stage of change.
What is ACTION STAGE OF CHANGE
An addicts two inherent enemies
What are APATHY & PROCRASTINATION
During this step, you pray throughout the day as you recognize your defects in character and strive to overcome them.
What is STEP SEVEN
PCP, its analogs, and dextromethoraphan are examples of what class of drugs?
What are Dissociative Anesthetics
There is no chemical solution to a _______ _______
What is SPIRITUAL PROBLEM