Addiction

• Signs of Love Addiction

• Personality Traits of Addiction

• Defensive Mechanisms of Addiction  (in MS Word)

• Warning signs for Alcohol or Drug problems in Teens  

• Continuum of Addictive Risk and Healthy Behavior

• Relapse Symptoms

• The Passions and the 12 Steps of AA

• The 12 Steps in Reverse  

• Who am I? I am your Disease - This chilling letter from the disease of alcoholism and drug addiction wakes the addict up to the damage addiction causes and the battle that takes place in recovery.

• Concentric Circles for Recovery from Sexual Addiction

12-Step Worksheets

Here are some of my favorite and useful information and worksheets for working the 12 steps.

STEP 1

• First Step Writing Guide - Erik Bohlin (PDF Format)

STEP 2 AND STEP 3

• Second and Third Step Questions - Erik Bohlin (in MS Word)

• Second and Third Step Questions - Erik Bohlin (PDF format)

STEP 4

• 4th Step Inventory Handout (PDF format)

• 4th Step-List of Resentment Form (PDF format)

• 4th Step-List of Fears Form (PDF format)

• 4th Step worksheet for Alcoholism (in MS Word) (in PDF format)

• 4th Step Fill-in-able form

• 4th Step writing guide - Dallas B. from www.step12.com.  This process is very thorough and covers all the necessary ingredients in step 4.  Look for all 5 worksheets on this webpage.

• Clancy's 7 Questions - these questions are very useful for tough cases.  Clancy found that most people in recovery struggle with guilt, fear, inadequacy, loneliness and resentment.  Dealing with these issues will make a big difference in your recovery.

Alcoholism

• Questions for Alcoholism Assessment--developed by John Hopkins University

• The "Promises" of alcohol vs. the promises of God.

• The Bedevilments vs. the promises of AA.

• Signs of Developing Alcoholism  NEW!

Anger

• Anger is a Secondary Emotion (in MS Word) (in PDF format)

• Do I have an anger problem?

• Argument Starters VS. Conversation Starters NEW!  (in MS Word)

• Steps to Control Anger NEW!

• The Anger Handout - this handout describes the process of getting backed into a corner with anger and the process of stepping out of it.

Assertiveness and Confrontation

• Constructive Feedback Model of Assertiveness - This model is useful for almost any situation.  Friendly and easy to use. (MS Word) (PDF format)  Watch Video on Recordings Page.

• DESC Model of Assertiveness - this is just one of many models.  Great for tough situations where people have not been able to get your point with milder confrontations.  (MS Word Format) (PDF format)

Attitude

• Attitude by Charles Swindoll  

Boundaries

• Boundaries in Relationships PDF

Compulsive Gambling

• Gamblers Anonymous - 12 step for Compulsive Gambler

• GA Meeting List - meeting list for Gamblers Anonymous

• 20 Questions for Compulsive Gamblers

• South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS) - online tool to assess for problem gambling

• About Gam-Anon - meeting list and information for family members who suffer from a compulsive gambler

Communication

• Reframing

• Argument Starters VS. Conversation Starters  (in MS Word)

Decision Making

• Costs/Benefits Analysis tool for Making Decisions

Dysfunctional Families

• Boundaries - healthy boundaries and poor boundary systems (PDF format)

• Controlling Families vs. Healthy Families

• Violated Boundaries

• The process of recovery from Codependency

• Symptoms of coming from a Dysfunctional Family (in PDF format)

• Family Roles of Dysfunctional Families ( in PDF format) [Print in landscape orientation]

Emotion

• Anniversary Reactions (in PDF format)

• The Emotion Worksheet

• The Law of Emotions

• Resolving Feelings (in PDF format)

• Emotional Leprosy by Erik Bohlin, M.A. (MS Word)

Neuro-Linguistic Programming

• Presuppositions of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (in PDF format)  

Pain and Suffering

• The Goodness of God - C.S. Lewis 

Parenting

• The Essentials of Parenting

Prayers

• Prayer of Tranquility -this prayer is really useful for the recovering person as well as anybody.  It comes to us from the Elders at the Optina Monastery.

• The Sobriety Prayer - this paraphrase of 1 Corinthians 13 substitutes the word, "sobriety" with love.  While taking liberty with Scripture in this way has it challenges, the truth is compelling.

• To Let Go -this is a great listing of what it means to let go and to not control another person.  To "care about" rather than "care for" is one of the shifts in thinking freedom from codependency.

• Third Step Prayer - this prayer from Alcoholics Anonymous is a foundation prayer where one prayers often on a daily basis to surrender their will and their life to the care of God.

Relationships

• Relationships in Life

• You are Special

Sexual Abuse

• Symptoms of Childhood Sexual Abuse (PDF)

Sexual Addiction

• Tasks of Recovery  (PDF)

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