Session 47a
Session 47b
Session 13a
Meetings
Session 13b
100

A ________ ______ is an organized group of services and interventions provided for clients.

treatment program

100

There are ___________________________ different categories of symptom severity for substance use and mental health symptoms.

four

100

The focus of your recovery will not be on the specific drug you used, but on the ______ of getting clean and sober

process

100

______ ______, when someone tells the story of his or her addiction and recovery.

Speakers meetings

100

A commitment to sobriety involves _______.which can often make you feel vulnerable.

honesty

200

 Treatment programs will often focus on ______________________ target groups.

specialized

200

In category ______________________, both mental health and substance use symptoms are more severe

four

200

What these two men learned in the 1930s was that people who share an addiction are able to provide a great deal of lifesaving support to one another. What is this called?

fellowship

200

____ _____ _____, which focus on reading a chapter from AA’s Big Book, often a story about someone’s personal experience or a recovery-related topic.

Big Book meetings

200

To _____ people means to believe they are honest and will keep their word. And that is exactly the opposite of addicted behavior and thinking

trust

300

Although treatment programs have varying policies and procedures, their rules about ____________________________ are usually similar.

confidentiality

300

In category two, mental health symptoms are _________ _____________ , but substance use symptoms are ________ _____ .

more severe, less severe

300

There is only one requirement for membership in a Twelve Step fellowship:

that the person must have the desire to stop using alcohol or other drugs

300

 ______ _____, which involve a discussion on a specific subject, such as fellowship, honesty, acceptance, or patience. At these meetings, everyone is given a chance to talk, but no one is forced to.

Topic meetings

300

Name three things that sponsors do for you.

1. Sponsors help the newcomer by answering questions and explaining the Twelve Step recovery process.

2. Sponsors agree to be available to talk, to listen to your difficulties and frustrations, and to share their own insights and solutions.

3. Sponsors make suggestions to help you solve problems. They can do this based on their experience with long-term sobriety. What worked for your sponsor will often work for you, although sometimes it may not.

4. Sponsors agree to keep your secrets and feelings confidential and to protect your anonymity.

5. Sponsors are often the first people to know when their “sponsees” experience a slip or relapse. At those times, sponsors push their sponsees to attend more meetings or get other help.

400

Treatment programs often have different areas of _______________________________ .

expertise

400

A person has severe substance use symptoms but relatively mild or moderate mental health symptoms.

three

400

_____-____ is a situation in which one person with a problem (such as addiction) helps another who has the same problem.

self help

400

________ _____, when the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of the program are discussed

Step/Tradition meetings

400

_____ ______ also distinguishes itself from Twelve Step groups in that it doesn’t ask people to label themselves as an addict or alcoholic, and it doesn’t use sponsors. It expects that members will stop going to meetings after they feel they’ve gotten sober

SMART recovery

500

In general, a _______ ______ is a group of several different treatment programs and treatment services.

treatment system

500

An ________ system of care means that the mental health and substance use systems are linked together.

integrated

500

What do DTR, DDA and DRA stand for?


*must get all correct to receive points!

Double Trouble in Recovery (DTR), Dual Diagnosis Anonymous (DDA), and Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA)

500

Twelve Step meetings work because:

answers will vary

Thank you for sharing!

500

______ ____ ____ (_ _ _) was created by Jean Kirkpatrick, who first got sober in AA. She observed, though, that women were less likely to get sober in Twelve Step groups than men, and therefore, she wanted to create a self-help program that would better meet the needs of women by empowering them rather than making them feel guilty over past behavior.

Women for Sobriety (WFS)