TO: EVOC 501 Course Instructor
FROM: David Wiget
DATE: October 22, 2004
RE: FA7 Vocabulary EXTRA CREDIT

 

 

 

1.      Cunning: clever or artful in a way that is intended to deceive

 

2.      Addiction: A pathological relationship to any mood or mind alter substance or event that has life damaging consequences.

 

3.      Recovery: return to a normal state: the return of something to a normal or improved state after a setback or loss

 

4.      Sobriety: abstinence from or moderation in the use of alcohol or drugs

 

5.      Insidious: slowly and subtly harmful or destructive.

 

6.      Dual Diagnosis: in the addictions field this term means that a person is chemically dependent (addict/alcoholic) and also has a psychiatric disorder.

 

7.      Humility: The quality of being modest or respectful. Or my favorite description is one of Dr. Bob Smith (co-founder of AA) Humility – Perpetual quietness of heart. It is to have no trouble. It is to never be fretted or vexed. Irritable or sore; to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me.

 

8.      Reliable: able to be trusted to do what is expected or has been promised.

 

9.      Commitment: something that takes up time or energy, especially an obligation.

 

10.  Surrender: to relinquish possession or control of something because of coercion or force.

 

11.  Productive: producing satisfactory or useful results.

 

12.  Paradox: a statement, proposition, or situation that seems to be absurd or contradictory, but in fact is or may be true, i.e. “one must surrender to win”.