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Flashcards by Rachel Fuller, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Rachel Fuller
over 5 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| We admit that by ourselves we are powerless over alcohol- that our lives have become unmanageable. | Step 1 |
| Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore our sanity. | Step 2 |
| Made decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. | Step 3 |
| Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. | Step 4 |
| Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongdoing. | Step 5 |
| Were entirely ready to have God remove defects of character. | Step 6 |
| Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. | Step 7 |
| Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them. | Step 8 |
| Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. | Step 9 |
| Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. | Step 10 |
| Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. | Step 11 |
| 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 |
| What percent of U.S. adults have attended AA? | 10%, one in ten |
| What is the primary purpose of AA? | To carry the message of recovery to other alcoholics. |
| What is the most any one member can give to AA? | $1000.00 |
| Key Concept: Drug use makes me feel powerful and in control while it makes me powerless | Step 1 |
| Skill needed for step 1 | Honesty to admit powerlessness |
| What are some signs that life has become unmanageable? | physical problems mood problems compromise values crisis caused by chemicals abuse signs dependency signs |
| Key Concept: Correcting my faulty concept of God in an important recovery task | Step 2 |
| Christian version: We come to believe that God, through Jesus Christ can restore us to sanity | Christian Step 2 |
| Euphoric Recall | Remembering the good times of addiction |
| Barriers to God | Blame God for bad experiences Feeling condemned |
| Meta-noia | Change of mind/repentance |
| In what step does repentance happen? | Step 3 |
| Key Concept: Keeping secrets results in slavery, while confessing brings relief and joy. | Step 5 |
| Christian version: We commit ourselves to God and desire that he remove patterns of sin from our lives. | Christian step 6 |
| Key Concept: I experience fulfillment when God's desire becomes my desire. | Step 6 |
| Christian Version: We humbly ask God to renew our minds so that our sinful patterns can be transformed into patterns of righteousness. | Christian Step 7 |
| Key Concept: I can cooperate with God as He renews my mind. | Step 7 |
| What is the performance trap? | Self-worth=performance + other's opinions |
| Key Concept: The essence of prayer is a loving relationship with God. | Step 11 |
| Change in attitude | Internal problem |
| Elevated stress | internal problem |
| Denial reactivation- reject feedback from others | internal problem |
| Post Acute Withdrawl Symptoms | Internal Problems |
| Behavior change: refusing to talk in group, slack off at work | External problem |
| Social breakdown: spouse leaves, relationship difficulties | External Problem |
| Loss of structure- messed up routine, oversleep, missing appointments/meetings | External Problems |
| Loss of judgement- priorities messed up, thinking a small problem is a disaster (blinders) | Loss of Control |
| Behavioral loss of control, acting irrationally without considering the consequences | Loss of control |
| Option reduction, options are limited because life is out of control | Loss of Control |
| Stuck point | Event that initiates the relapse process |
| The relapse, slip, actual degeneration | Use |
| How to reverse the process | Identify and manage warning signs coping skills educate on how to recognize signs |
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