Recovery Principals
This is the first step in the recovery process
What is admitting powerlessness
This role involves setting up meeting spaces and preparing materials.
What is a trusted servant or meeting secretary?
This step involves making a fearless moral inventory.
What is Step Four?
A widely used book that provides guidance for recovery.
What is the Big Book?
“One day at a time.”
What is a recovery slogan?
This principal emphasizes helping others as a way to maintain personal recovery
Service
This individual shares their recovery journey at meetings to inspire others.
What is a speaker?
The step that focuses on making direct amends to people harmed, wherever possible.
What is Step Nine?
This recovery tool involves attending regularly scheduled group meetings.
What is fellowship?
“Faith without works is dead.”
What is a quote from the Big Book
This is the process of repairing relationships harmed during addiction
What is making amends
This group oversees financial contributions and expenses for a recovery group.
What is the treasurer?
This is the final step, focusing on spiritual growth and carrying the message to others.
What is Step Twelve?
A tool that involves writing down thoughts and emotions to better understand them.
What is journaling?
“You’re only as sick as your secrets.”
What is a recovery phrase?
This principal encourages members to rely on a power greater than themselves
What is faith or spirituality
This role ensures that recovery literature is available to members.
What is the literature chairperson?
The term for a personal connection to a higher power mentioned throughout the steps.
What is conscious contact?
This is a set of structured recovery tasks provided by a sponsor.
What are step assignments?
“Progress, not perfection.”
What is a recovery slogan?
This involves a daily commitment to honesty and accountability
What is Personal inventory- Identifying thoughts, feelings, behaviors that could your hinder progress and sobriety
This role involves connecting newcomers to experienced members for guidance.
What is a sponsor?
This step requires admitting to God, oneself, and another human being the exact nature of wrongs.
What is Step Five?
A commonly used prayer in recovery programs.
What is the Serenity Prayer?
“Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path.”
What is a promise from the Big Book?