Changing the way you learn

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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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