Peer Support Groups
This group was founded in 1935.
Alcoholics Anonymous
The refusal to accept factual information or reality.
What is denial.
This refers to the thoughts that pop into your mind quickly and influence how you feel and act.
What are automatic thoughts?
“This pattern involves acting quickly without thinking about consequences.”
What is impulse pattern?
“This basic need helps your body and brain recover and function properly.”
What is sleep?
This fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs has become a major problem.
Narcotics Anonymous
Staying away from specific environments, situations, individuals, or things.
Avoidance
“This CBT concept focuses on identifying deeper beliefs about oneself, such as ‘I am not good enough.’”
What are core beliefs?
“This pattern involves relying on others for validation or self-worth.”
What is a people-pleasing pattern?
“This happens when you give too much to others and not enough to yourself.”
What is burnout?
This peer-led self-help group is based on the teaching of the Buddha.
Recovery Dharma
In a difficult situation, removing all emotion from a response and only focusing on the quantitative facts.
What is intellectualization.
“This type of thinking involves seeing things as all good or all bad, with no middle ground.”
What is all-or-nothing thinking?
“This pattern involves repeatedly engaging in behaviors that provide short-term relief but long-term harm.”
What is an addictive pattern?
“This involves not taking on too much at once.”
What is balance?
This peer-led group is an evidence-based addiction recovery program.
SMART Recovery
When a person creates reasonable-sounding explanations to justify a behavior.
What is rationalization.
“A client believes, ‘This will be a disaster and I won’t handle it.’”
What is catastrophizing?
“This emotional state often leads people to seek relief behaviors.”
What is anxiety (or distress)?
“This means saying no when something is not good for you.”
What are boundaries?
This movement is a holistic, culturally grounded recovery approach.
What is Wellbriety.
Placing blame for an issue on someone else rather than on oneself.
What is projection.
This CBT question helps challenge thoughts: ‘What would I say to a friend in this situation?’”
What is reframing (or perspective-taking)?
“This can be damaged when patterns involve dishonesty or inconsistency.”
What is trust?
“This involves being kind to yourself instead of self-critical.”
What is self-compassion?