Deck 9: Mutual Help Groups and Spiritual Religious Resources

Question 1

A fundamental difference between AA meetings and 12 Step treatment models is:

A) ​AA meetings stress the voluntary nature of attendance.
B) ​Compliance is stressed in the AA meetings.
C) ​The treatment models are highly directive.
D) ​AA only requires monthly dues

Answer 1

​AA meetings stress the voluntary nature of attendance.

Question 2

Gamblers Anonymous is

A) ​unwelcoming of women
B) ​becoming more friendly to women
C) ​only open to males
D) ​only holds women-only meetings for women

Answer 2

​becoming more friendly to women

Question 3

Persons who wish for help with managing to drink moderately should attend:

A) ​Alcoholics Anonymous
B) ​Moderation Management
C) ​SMART Recovery
D) ​Women for Sobriety

Answer 3

​Moderation Management

Question 4

In AA,newcomers may spend entire days in meeting after meeting;it is routinely suggested that they attend ______ meetings in 90 days.

A) ​30
B) ​45
C) ​60
D) ​90

Question 5

Alcoholics Anonymous,as practiced as a mutual-help group in the community:​

A) ​is run by recovering individuals
B) ​non-voluntary
C) ​requires working on the 12 steps
D) ​requires people to stay sober for at least two months before becoming members

Question 6

Explain the differences between a Twelve-step facilitation model practiced in a professional treatment program and a Twelve-step group as practiced in the community.

Question 7

"Cross-talk" in a 12-step meeting means

A) ​giving advice or rebutting someone's point
B) ​talking across the table to someone else
C) ​talking negative about a person or topic
D) ​crossing the line on what is acceptable to discuss

Question 8

The Twelve Traditions are:

A) ​a historical perspective on AA.
B) ​guidelines for the functioning of the program in the community.
C) ​an alternative to the Twelve Steps.
D) ​no longer applicable to modern AA

Question 9

Visitors who want to attend a twelve-step group in the community should

A) ​attend an open meeting
B) ​read the Big Book before attending
C) ​ask permission of the group facilitator
D) only go with a member of that group​

Question 10

What is the meaning of "disease" in the Twelve-step community?

Question 11

Which of the following is a type of group not found in specialized AA meetings?

A) ​veterans
B) ​elders
C) ​Native Americans
D) ​persons with problem gambling as well as alcoholism

Question 12

Women make up approximately ___% of AA membership (as of 2014).

A) ​15
B) ​38
C) 55​
D) ​75

Question 13

How does life transformation take place in a Twelve-step community program?

Question 14

According to the most recent AA member random survey (AA,2014)of 6,000 AA members in the US and Canada,the average AA member is:

A) ​female
B) ​white
C) ​age 21-30
D) ​received no professional treatment before AA attendance

Question 15

Explain the authors' contention that AA can be viewed as a "narrative community." Do you agree or disagree?

Question 16

Which of the following requires a spiritual orientation?

A) ​Women for Sobriety
B) ​Alcoholics Anonymous
C) ​SMART Recovery
D) ​Moderation Management

Question 17

According to "the metaphor of disease": alcoholism is a threefold disease and includes which of the following?

A) ​mental,physical,and spiritual
B) ​physical,spiritual,and emotional
C) ​psychological,physical,and emotional
D) ​none of the above

Question 18

SMART recovery is drawn from the principles of

A) ​harm reduction.
B) ​cognitive-behavioral therapy.
C) ​psychodynamic therapy.
D) ​transactional analysis.

Question 19

The first step of the 12 steps of AA begins:

A) ​"Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity."
B) ​"We admitted we were powerless over alcohol."
C) ​"Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him."
D) ​none of the above

Question 20

A fundamental difference between the writings of cofounder Bill Wilson and professional treatment programs that practice "Twelve-Step Facilitation" is around the issue of _______.​

A) ​attendance
B) ​confidentiality
C) ​compliance

Question 21

12 Step groups and 12-Step facilitation are one and the same.

Question 22

Which characteristic does not describe the characteristics of moderation management members

A) ​women
B) ​middle-class
C) ​poorly educated
D) ​don't have severe drinking problems

Question 23

According to the views of moderation management (MM),drinking problems are viewed as:

A) ​disease
B) ​bad habits
C) mental illness​
D) ​moral impurities

Question 24

Moderation Management is not intended for people who experience significant withdrawal symptoms when they stop drinking.

Question 25

There is evidence to indicate that AA is a very useful approach for alcoholics trying to stop drinking.

Question 26

Alcoholics Anonymous requires people to believe in a Christian God.

Question 27

The practice of AA members introducing themselves by their first names and then saying,"...and I'm an alcoholic," is a counter-therapeutic reinforcement of a negative label,according to the text.