The 12 Steps & Traditions
Relapse Prevention
The 12 Steps & Traditions
Types of Addictions
Recovery Tips
100
Who wrote the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous?
Who is Bill Wilson
100
A return to the use of a drug after attempting to stop.
What is a relapse?
100

Which of the Twelve Steps reads "Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all"

What is Step 8

100
This is a strong desire for something and is very difficult to control.
What is an addiction?
100
Stopping and remaining free of any further drug or alcohol use.
What is Abstinence.
200
"Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity."
What is Step 2
200
This is hungry, angry, lonely or tired.
What is H.A.L.T.?
200

Chapter 7 of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous covers this step.

What is Step 12

200
This type of addiction changes the body's chemistry so the user CRAVES the substance.
What is physical addiction?
200
Physical activities, meditation, volunteering, hobbies, exercise, games, journaling, support groups, sponsors...etc
What are coping skills?
300
"Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves"
What is Step 4
300
Scared, angry, frustrated, bored, nervous, sad, happy, passionate, stressed, hungry, etc...
What is are Internal triggers?
300

This section in Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions contains the phrase "Our whole problem had been the misuse of willpower. We had tried to bombard our problems with it instead of attempting to bring it into agreement with God's intention for us."

What is Step Three

300
An addiction in which the user feels that they "NEED" to partake in a certain activity; body chemistry is NOT CHANGED.
What is a psychological addiction?
300

Have a ______ ______ plan in place

What is relapse prevention

400
"Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others."
What is Step 9
400
Streets, people's houses, the park, concerts, types of music or songs, money, warm weather, bars, etc...
What are External triggers?
400

This is named the "number one offender" in the section of the Big Book concerned with Step Four.

What is resentment

400
This happens when a user stops using or gives up a physical addiction.
What is withdrawal?
400
Maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment.
What is mindfulness
500
"Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities."
Tradition #12
500
Denial, cravings, loss of control, tolerance, physical dependance.
What are the 5 major symptoms of alcoholism and drug abuse?
500

The following phrase comes from this section of the Big Book: "Instead of regarding ourselves as intelligent agents, spearheads of God's ever advancing Creation..."

What is We Agnostics

500
When a user needs more and more of a substance to obtain the desired effect.
What is tolerance?
500

Avoid old _____ , ______ , and ______

What is people, places, and things