Recovery Sayings
Doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results.
What is insanity?
This step is about admitting one's self as powerless and life being unmanageable.
What is Step One?
A behavioral syndrome characterized by the repeated, compulsive seeking or use of a substance despite adverse social, psychological, and/or physical consequences, and a need for an increased amount of the substance, as time goes on, to achieve the same effect.
What is Addiction.
A form of the treatment where the patient lives in a recovery facility.
What is inpatient or residential treatment?
A term for the feelings or sensations that precede a craving or a relapse.
What are triggers?
Changing these three things can help in early recovery.
What is People, Places, and Things?
The two co-founders of Alcoholics Anonymous are named ________ and _________.
Who is Dr. Bob Smith and Bill Wilson?
A point in the treatment process where the user rids themselves of the drugs left in their body.
What is detox?
This coping skill involves deep breathing and focusing on the present moment.
What is meditation?
Recovery is progress not ___________.
What is perfection?
This step includes a process of prayer and meditation as a method for improving connection with a higher power and asking for direction.
What is Step 11?
A group of people in which the user may meet with frequently that share similar issues that help each other through the recovery process.
What is a support group or recovery fellowship?
This activity involves writing down your thoughts and feelings to process them.
What is journaling?
It works if you _______ _______.
What is work it?
This location, also known as the "Rubber Capital of the World" is also the birthplace of Alcoholics Anonymous
What is Akron, Ohio?
In addiction treatment, this is an approach that combines medication with counseling and behavioral therapies.
What is Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT)?
This skill involves setting _______ in your relationships, which can be healthy, rigid, or porous.
What is boundaries?
Our _______ keep us sick.
What is secrets?
Three indispensable spiritual principles in the 12 step fellowship are? (hint, think of H.O.W.)
What are honesty, open-mindedness, and willingness.
Bone marrow damage, liver and kidney damage, blackouts, limb spasms,hearing loss and the loss of brain cells are consequences from abusing what type of drugs?
What are inhalants?
The act of letting go of resistance and willingly participating in the recovery process is known by this term, which is the spiritual principle behind the first step of a 12-step program.
What is surrender?
You can use this tool to help prevent relapse when you're struggling.
What is a relapse prevention plan?