AA
Name the "four horsemen" page 151
terror , bewilderment, frustration, despair
What is the number one offender? pg 64
Resentments
What is step 1?
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol (and drugs) that our lives had become unmangable.
In recovery we only have to change one thing, what is it?
Eveything
Name the first stage of change?
Pre-contemplation
What is "the baffling feature of alcoholism?
This utter inability to leave it alone, no matter how great the necessity or wish
What do "we think the root of our troubles? (pg. 62)
Selfishness - (self-centeredness)
What is step 3?
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him
What does KISS mean?
Keep it simple (stupid)
What are the 3 stages of relapse?
mental, emotional, physical
"if we are planning to stop drinking, there MUST BE what? (pg. 33)
No reservations
Who developed the AA program?
Bill W. and Dr. Bob
Step 10 advises that we continue to watch for what? (pg. 84)
selfishness, dishonesty, resentment fear
Why is it important to address resentments?
Unaddressed resentments will keep taking you back?
Name 3 coping skills that you will use to redirect negative thinking?
__________________
What "are the essentials of recovery? (pg. 570)
Willingness , Honesty, Open Mindedness
When was the Big Book written? (what year did the program begin?)
1939
What is step 4?
made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves
If you don't pick up the first one
you don't have to put down the last one
What does HALT stand for?
Hungry Angry Lonely Tired
The alcoholic has a daily reprieve from drinking contingent upon what? (pg. 85)
the maintenance of our spiritual condition.
What is Chapter 5 about?
How it Works.
What is step 8?
Made a list of all the individuals we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all
When the pain of staying the same.....
outweighs the pain of change... you will make the change.
What does PAWS mean?
Post acute withdrawal syndrome