Recovery Principles
This is the continuation of the phrase, "once an addict."
What is "always an addict"?
This is the term used to describe the brain disease that is characterized by compulsive engagement in an activity despite negative consequences.
What is addiction?
The name of the chemical that is being added to heroin that increases the likelihood of overdose.
What is fentanyl?
We admitted we were powerless over our addiction - that our lives had become unmanageable
What is step 1?
This "Iron Man", who once snorted a line of ants, had 10 years of clean and sober time, before relapsing.
Who is Ozzy Ozbourne?
A prayer that has been widely used in AA since its publish in 1951. It focusses on accepting the things we cannot change in life.
What is the Serenity Prayer?
A neurodevelopmental disorder that affects attention systems and impulse control.
What is ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder)?
A large, protruding stomach regarded as the result of a drinking habit.
What is a beer belly?
This is considered the "HOPE" step. Come to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
What is step 2?
This actress began using cocaine at age 12, five years after beginning her acting career with an extra terrestrial.
Who is Drew Barrymore?
Written by British poet William Ernest Henley in 1875, this poem's title translates to unconquered/undefeated/unbreakable.
What is the Invictus poem?
An exchange of diverging or opposite views, typically a heated or angry one.
What is an argument?
This is the term used to describe the process of adapting to a drug's presence in the body.
What is tolerance?
Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
What is step 10?
This 1980's teen heartthrob is best known for his roles in Lucas, License to Drive and The Lost Boys. He died in March 2010, due to complications surrounding his drug addiction.
Who is Corey Haim
An individual who shares their experience, strength, and hope to guide a less experienced individual through the process of recovery.
What is a sponsor?
a form of psychotherapy involving the encouragement of free self-expression through painting, drawing, or modeling.
What is art therapy?
This drug is commonly cut with sleeping medication such as dormins when sold on the street.
What is heroin?
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
What is step 4?
This retired professional basketball player is also known for his eccentric appearance, "bad boy" antics and high profile relationships with Madonna and Carmen Electra.
Who is Dennis Rodman
This event is a part of recovery, but it doesn't have to be.
What is a relapse?
This is the condition of deficient supply of oxygen to the body which arises from abnormal breathing. This can be from the result of drowning, asthma, or drug overdose.
What is asphyxiation?
This mental health symptom is one of the most adverse side-effects of Methamphetamine abuse.
What is psychosis?
To make a list of all persons we had harmed, and become willing to make amends to them all.
What is step 8?
This actor made his 1st notable appearance in the 1986 movie "Stand By Me". He died in 1993 of drug induced heart failure outside the Hollywood nightclub, The Viper Room.
Who is River Phoenix