Co-Occurring Basics
This term describes having both a mental health disorder and a substance use disorder at the same time
What are co-occurring disorders?
This mental health condition often includes persistent sadness, low energy and loss of interest.
What is depression?
This word describes a strong urge or desire to use substances
What is a craving?
This grounding skill uses your five senses to regulate emotions.
What is 5-4-3-2-1?
This basic need has a huge impact on mood and recovery stability
What is sleep?
This happens when someone uses substances to try and manage emotional pain or mental health symptoms
What is self-medication?
This condition includes excessive worry, racing thoughts, and physical tension.
What is anxiety
This increases as you continue to drink/use, requiring you to need more of your substance to reach the desired feeling.
What is tolerance?
In CBT, this comes first: Thought, Feeling or Behavior?
What is thought
This daily structure reduces chaos and improves stability.
What is a routine?
It is estimated that ___% of adults in the United States live with a mental illness.
What is 23.1%?
Name one warning sign that mental health symptoms are getting worse.
What are isolation, sleep changes, hopeless thoughts, irritability?
Name one trigger that might increase the risk of use.
What are stress, conflict, boredom, certain people, heightened emotions?
This skills involves replacing "I can't handle this" with a more balanced thought.
What is cognitive restructuring?
Name one 'non-negotiable' recovery habit.
What are recovery meetings, medication management, therapy, sleep, boundaries?
True or False:
You must fix your mental health completely before working on substance use.
False
True or False:
Skipping medication can increase relapse risk.
This recovery principle reminds us that progress matters more than perfection.
What is progress not perfection?
Name one healthy coping strategy for anxiety.
What is deep breathing, walking, journaling, calling support, TIPP, checking the facts?
This protective factor reduces relapse risk by reducing isolation.
What is a support system?
What is the name of the therapeutic approach that focuses on changing or reframing negative thought patterns and modifying behaviors?
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
This is a healthy daily habit that supports mental health stability.
What is consistent sleep?
A relapse means recovery is over.
False
This type of coping helps your body calm down physically.
What is somatic coping? (breath work, body scans, progressive muscle relaxation, bilateral tapping (butterfly taps))
A detailed outline of how to positively respond and cope with situations where there is temptation to engage in substance use or other risky behaviors.
What is a relapse prevention plan?