Recovery 1
What is a support system?
People and resources that provide encouragement, accountability, assistance, or connection.
Substance with a high death rate in the U.S., higher than suicide
Fentanyl
Professional specializing in treating mental & emotional disorders is known as...
Psychologist, Psychiatrist, Therapist, Counselor
What does HALT stand for?
What is HUNGRY, ANGRY, LONELY, TIRED?
True or False: A relapse prevention plan should not be revised and re-evaluated
False. A relapse prevention plan should be continually looked at and re-evaluated to ensure that it fits current feelings, situations, etc.
Gives you too much time to be with your own thoughts
isolation and boredom
A____ is always necessary for an individual to take control of their future sobriety and avoid future relapse.
What is a Relapse Prevention Plan
What does “one day at a time” mean?
Focusing on what you can do today rather than becoming overwhelmed by the entire future.
It is referred to as an inability to maintain behavior change over time.
What is a Relapse
Violent or aggressive behavior within the home. Is common after coming under the influence
Domestic Violence, assault, and theft
Abstain from ALL illicit drugs and alcohol...
Sobriety or Clean Time
Treatment that includes living onsite and receiving group and individual therapies.
Residential Facility
They help us manage our emotions related to difficult times to improve emotional health and help us grow as people. Behaviors, attitudes, and approaches
Healthy Coping skills
What is a Trigger?
Any negative thought or feeling
What are these....
Distract yourself
talk to someone
learn to ask for help
practice honesty
Journal Writing
Prayer
Calling you sponsor
Important skills for relapse prevention
A powerful desire for something that usually passes.
Craving
Can be Internal and external. Provocation to relapse
Trigger
One of the most common & effective coping skills a person in early recovery can develop is, this string of behaviors characterized by "a sequence of actions regularly followed"...
Routine or structure
A realization period for someone suffering from addiction. It’s a stage where they will look outside of themselves, or inside of themselves, and find a newfound perspective or purpose.
Spiritual Awakening
Name an example of an external relapse trigger.
People, places, activities, objects, and situations
True or False
Relapse prevention starts by saying no just before you are about to use.
False. Saying "no" is the final and most difficult stage to stop, which is why people relapse.
With continued substance abuse the brain will stop producing this brain chemical that enables pleasure..
Dopamine
A higher power
A person has a difficult week and thinks, “I've already messed everything up, so there's no point trying.” What thinking pattern is illustrated here?
All-or-nothing or black-and-white thinking. One difficult event doesn't automatically mean everything has been lost.
Most addictive substance
Sugar
"Exposure to ________ is associated with drug addiction in humans and can induce relapse and craving."
What is Stress
What is the difference between a fact and an assumption?
A fact is supported by observable or verifiable information; an assumption is an interpretation or belief that may not have been confirmed.