Atlas Rules!
You are allowed to leave the property during Activities and Engagement
FALSE
A meeting that discussed mental health and substance abuse issues.
What is DDA (Dual Diagnosis Anonymous)?
Using meditation, breathing, yoga, grounding techniques to center oneself and remain present.
What is mindfulness?
Identifying triggers, coping skills, risk and protective factors, and supports to utilize for maintaining one's recovery.
What is a relapse prevention plan?
Name of the feel good chemical that is involved in motivation and reward.
Dopamine
Involves pulling away from supportive people, skipping meetings or avoiding people in recovery.
What is isolation?
Start time for first group.
What is 9:30am?
Spiritual, not religious program that incorporates behavior change through work with a sponsor.
12 Step Programs (NA, AA, ACoA, CMA)
Exercise, hygiene, hobbies, treating oneself, entertainment - a broad range of activities that supports one's emotional and physical health.
What is self-care?
They can be internal (feelings and thoughts) or external (people, places, things).
What are triggers?
Part of the brain that evaluates long term consequences in decision making, controls impulses
What is the prefrontal cortex?
Remembering "the good times" or minimizing past consequences associated with substance use.
What is romanticizing?
On Monday, Wednesday, Friday when you sign in, look for the ________next to your name so that you can _______.
What is blue highlighter and take a UA?
An approach to healing from addiction through mindfulness, meditation and community support
What is Refuge Recovery / Recovery Dharma?
Assertive communication that facilitates one getting their needs met. Example: saying no, communicating, setting limits, expressing feelings in a healthy manner.
What are healthy boundaries?
A person in recovery should not make any important decisions when they are going through any of these physical conditions (4 words that make an acronym)
What is Hungry Angry Lonely Tired ?
Brain's "alarm system" that plays a major role in processing fear and emotional responses.
What is the amygdala?
When someone becomes overly confident and believes that they no longer need recovery support.
What is complacency?
Skipping a UA results in ____________
What is an automatic positive?
Native American, spirituality based program open to anyone with an interest in recovery.
What is Wellbriety?
Carlos B: "Closed mouths don't get fed."
What is reaching out for support?
Recovery principle that involves focusing on what you can control and letting go of the rest.
What is acceptance?
Repeated substance use causes the body to adapt to the drug, causing withdrawal if drug use stops.
Dependence
Warning sign that occurs when a person stops using healthy coping skills and begins returning to old behaviors.
What is emotional relapse?
The Janitor
Who is Rob Crippen?
Secular, research based approach utilizing CBT and other evidence based modalities to promote change. Groups are led by a trained facilitator.
What is SMART (Self - Management and Recovery Training) recovery?
Imagining consequences before they happen in order to prevent relapse.
What is "playing the tape"?
Pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance.
What are the stages of change?
The route that chemical signals travel in the brain - the trail in the forest.
What are synaptic pathways?
Intense feelings become difficult to manage, causing a person to react impulsively.
What is emotional dysregulation?