Addiction and Recovery in Native America 

 

Multiple Choice 

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 

 

____ 1. The nonprofit organization leading the contemproary Wellbriety movement for American Indians is called: 

A 

Wellbriety Inc. 

C 

White Bison, Inc. 

B 

Code of Handsome Lake 

D 

Indianization of Alcoholics Anonymous 



 

____ 2. The “Red Road to Wellbriety” is a Native American adaptation of what basic text? 

A 

The Bible 

C 

The Native American Church liturgy 

B 

The Indian Shaker Church Text 

D 

Alcoholics Anonymous 



 

____ 3. The “wounded Healers” tradition which began in 18C Native Amercia drew from the belief that a dramatic 
recovery from an illness such as alcoholism was a sign of one’s potential calling as a healer. 

A 

True 

B 

False 



 

____ 4. The indigenous movements aimed at recovery from alcoholism provide, according to the author, a number of 
therapeutic functions including all but which of the following. 

A 

Reconciliation with family and friends 

D 

The promise of gainful employment after 
a successful period fo sobriety 

B 

The replacement of alcohol with other 
sacred business 

E 

All of the above are mentioned by the 
author 

C 

The passage of transformational ideas 
through ancient oral tradition 



 

____ 5. Which is not one of the five interrelated lessons the author suggests today’s addiction counselor may draw 
from the Native American legacy? 

A 

The idea that the hurt and hope of one is 
the hurt and hope of all 

C 

The suggestion that a counselor present 
him/herself as a ‘midwife’ who helps elicit 
healing experiences rather than as an 
expert who can ‘treat’ the client 

B 

The notion that a conscientious addictions 
counselor should become a student of the 
‘culture’ they are serving 

D 

The recommendation to focus on 
categorical assessment so that other 
aspects of one’s life are not confused and 
intertwined with the issue of alcoholism 



 

____ 6. The author’s view supports the motto of William Pratt, the founder of the Carlisle School in Pennsylvania. 

A 

True 

B 

False