ADC I EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% PASS
Step 1 - ✔✔We admitted we were powerless over alcohol and that our lives had become
unmanageable
Step 2 - ✔✔Came to believe a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity
Step 3 - ✔✔Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we
understood Him
Step 4 - ✔✔Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves
Step 5 - ✔✔Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature
of our wrongs
Step 6 - ✔✔Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character
Step 7 - ✔✔Humbly asked him to remove our shortcomings
Step 8 - ✔✔Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make
amends to them all
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,Step 9 - ✔✔Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so
would injure them or others
Step 10 - ✔✔Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly
admitted it
Step 11 - ✔✔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 12 - ✔✔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
Surrender Steps - ✔✔steps 1, 2, 3
•We admitted we were powerless over alcohol & that our lives had become
unmanageable
•Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity
•Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we
understood Him
Self-examination - ✔✔steps 4, 5
•Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves
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,•Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our
wrongs
Working Steps - ✔✔Steps 6, 7, 8, 9
•We entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character
•Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings
•Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them
all
•Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when do so would
injure them or others
Maintenance Steps - ✔✔Steps 10, 11, 12
•Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it
•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
•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
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, Counseling - ✔✔The utilization of special skills to assist individuals, families or groups
in achieving objectives through exploration of a problem and its ramifications;
examination of attitudes and feelings, consideration of alternative solutions and
decision making.
- ✔✔-Determine the patient's appropriateness for admission or referral.
-Determine the patient's eligibility for admission or referral.
-
Counseling - ✔✔A collaborative process that facilitates the client's progress toward
treatment goals & objectives
The counselor's primary task - ✔✔
Standardized screening instruments: - ✔✔CAGE
MAST
AUDIT
SASSI
List the six tasks of the counselor during the screening process - ✔✔1.Identify the effect
of substance use on patient's life
2.Assess the patient's readiness for treatment
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ANSWERS 100% PASS
Step 1 - ✔✔We admitted we were powerless over alcohol and that our lives had become
unmanageable
Step 2 - ✔✔Came to believe a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity
Step 3 - ✔✔Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we
understood Him
Step 4 - ✔✔Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves
Step 5 - ✔✔Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature
of our wrongs
Step 6 - ✔✔Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character
Step 7 - ✔✔Humbly asked him to remove our shortcomings
Step 8 - ✔✔Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make
amends to them all
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,Step 9 - ✔✔Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so
would injure them or others
Step 10 - ✔✔Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly
admitted it
Step 11 - ✔✔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 12 - ✔✔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
Surrender Steps - ✔✔steps 1, 2, 3
•We admitted we were powerless over alcohol & that our lives had become
unmanageable
•Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity
•Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we
understood Him
Self-examination - ✔✔steps 4, 5
•Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves
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,•Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our
wrongs
Working Steps - ✔✔Steps 6, 7, 8, 9
•We entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character
•Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings
•Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them
all
•Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when do so would
injure them or others
Maintenance Steps - ✔✔Steps 10, 11, 12
•Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it
•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
•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
- ✔✔
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, Counseling - ✔✔The utilization of special skills to assist individuals, families or groups
in achieving objectives through exploration of a problem and its ramifications;
examination of attitudes and feelings, consideration of alternative solutions and
decision making.
- ✔✔-Determine the patient's appropriateness for admission or referral.
-Determine the patient's eligibility for admission or referral.
-
Counseling - ✔✔A collaborative process that facilitates the client's progress toward
treatment goals & objectives
The counselor's primary task - ✔✔
Standardized screening instruments: - ✔✔CAGE
MAST
AUDIT
SASSI
List the six tasks of the counselor during the screening process - ✔✔1.Identify the effect
of substance use on patient's life
2.Assess the patient's readiness for treatment
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