What is Resentment
Root Resentment
Survivor ship Resentments
Breaking RESENTMENT down
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What is the "number one offender" according to the Big Book?

Resentments

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What causes individuals in recovery to JUSTIFY their actions?

Addictive utility 

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What is associated with survivor ship resentments?

trauma

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What does the prefix (RE) mean?

"returning or bringing back"

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How many PARTS are there in the word resentment?

3

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What happens in addictive utility?

(1) Pull up resentment as rationale (justification) 

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What sustains survivor ship resentments? 

self blame

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What does the prefix (MENT) mean?

"the state of being applicable to the preceding verb"

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How many human beings experience resentments?

Everybody 

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True or False: Root resentments often EVOLVE. 

TRUE

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True or False: The longer a person holds on to resentments without working on them, the HIGHER their quality of sobriety and life will be. 

False

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What does the prefix (SENT) mean? *Pertaining to RESENTMENT* 

"to feel"

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Where are resentments housed?

In our emotional memory

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True or False: Root resentments are short lasting. 

FALSE

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True or False: There is a lower risk of relapse if you choose to forgive and let go of resentments. 

True

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What does resentment mean?

"a returning state of feeling"

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What are 2 types of resentments?

Root and Survivorship

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What do resentments revolve around?


Self pity 

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True or False: Survivors of Trauma assume they have the power to change the events they experienced. 

False. 

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What emotion is typically associated with resentment?

Anger