History
The year Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) was founded.
Correct answers within +/- 5 years/.
1935.
Correct answers accepted: 1920-1930
Oppenheimer
Tropic Thunder
Sherlock Holmes
Robert Downy Jr.
Sober for 21 years!
"I guess sometimes I want to have a drink with dinner, but then I remember I have plans for Christmas."
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol — that our lives had become unmanageable.
STEP 1
The Monster
Stan
Lose Yourself
Eminem.
Sober for 16 years!
"I couldn't believe anyone could be naturally happy without being on something. So I would say to anybody, 'It does get better.'"
Substance Use Disorder (SUD)
DSM-V (2013)
In the early 1900s, a surgical "cure" for alcoholism, drug addiction, and essentially anything else. It involves severing the connections between the frontal lobe and the thalamus of the brain.
Lobotomy.
*NOTE* This is no longer performed
Minority Report
In Bruges
The Lobster
Colin Farrell.
Sober for 10 years!
"For people who drink too much, the problem isn't really about booze. It's about an inability to deal with life."
Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
STEP 12
Heart Attack
Cool for the Summer
Sober
Demi Lovato.
She has been sober for 6 years!
“Every day is a battle. You just have to take it one day at a time, some days are easier than others and some days you forget about drinking and using, but for me, I work on my physical health, which is important, but my mental health as well."
Considered "sociopathic personality disturbances" - a personality disorder.
DSM-I (1952).
One of the two founders of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA).
Bonus 100 points for both!
Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith.
Set It Off
Girl's Trip
Menace II Society
Jada Pinkett Smith.
Sober for 25 years!
"When you've walked through the darkness of your own heart and mind, there is no shadow you fear."
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
STEP 3
I'm Still Standing
Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
Crocodile Rock
Elton John.
Elton John has been sober for 34 years!
"Today, my best advice to people who are facing those difficult early days of sobriety is to get humble."
Fell under "personality disturbance."
DSM-II (1968).
To which president the term "War on Drugs" was first attributed.
Richard Nixon.
1971. "America's public enemy number one."
The Lost City
The Woman in Black
Swiss Army Man
Daniel Radcliffe.
Sober for 12 years!
"Being self-critical is good; being self-hating is destructive. There's a very fine line there, and I walk it carefully."
Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
STEP 7
Elastic Heart
Chandelier
Titanium
Sia.
She has been sober 4 years! She also had 10 years at one point.
"If you're newly sober, keep at it, it gets so so awesome."
"Substance-Related Disorders"
DSM-IV (1994).
The decade that alcoholism was officially designated as a "disease."
The 1950s.
The American Medical Association first classified alcoholism as a disease in 1956.
True Lies
A Fish Called Wanda
Freaky Friday
Jamie Lee Curtis.
Sober for 25 years!
"Help is available. I am a living testament that without fancy rehabs and without all sorts of pharmaceuticals, I was able to find sobriety, as have millions of other people in rooms all over the world. This is an addiction, this is an illness and there is help, but the help needs to be longstanding and ongoing."
Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
STEP 10
Behind the Sun
Tell Me Baby
Dark Necessities
Anthony Kiedis (or probably anyone from Red Hot Chili Peppers).
He has been sober for 24 years!
"Being a drug addict in recovery is actually a great place to be because you're forced to be looking at the rancid layers of the onion that you've been carrying for a lifetime."
"Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders”
DSM-III (1980).