Ways to Sabotage
When a person does something to hinder their own success. These actions may be destructive and negatively impact many areas of life
What is Self- Sabotage?
To pile judgment and hatred onto themselves, telling themselves that they aren’t good enough or don’t deserve a better life
What is Negative-Thinking.
Going from one counselor, group, or treatment option to another, discounting what each one offers, looking only for the answers you want to hear.
What is "therapy hopping" or doctor shopping in a medical/mental health context. It is a common form of treatment resistance and bypassing the actual therapeutic process
When you detach, segregate, and disconnect from others.
What is isolation?
This group helps Alcoholics
What is Alcoholics Anonymous
An emotion that a lot of people have when they feel like giving up
What is the "F" its?
To learn to stop this destructive process a degree of ----- and ----- is needed.
What is insight and self-awareness
Aycronym for "Denial ”
What is "Don't Even Know I am Lying"
Seemingly well-intended support by family and friends while a client is in active addiction or treatment.
What is a "rescuer"
Regaining control of your life without the use of substances.
What is Recovery?
An experienced member who guides newcomers through recovery.
What is a sponsor?
We try to hide our ______________ by using substances.
What is our feelings?
Using lies and deceit to try to control the direction or intensity of treatment.
What is manipulation ?
Forgetting what we have learned about recovery and forgetting to do what we know works and helps us cope and make progress.
What is “Selective Amnesia”
Withholding the truth, limits opportunities for self discovery and keeps you SICK
What is Keeping secrets?
You are only as sick as your _______________
What is Secrets?
Name three recovery meeting groups
SMART Recovery, Cocaine Anonymous , Celebrate Recovery, etc...
Other than ourselves, who is most affected by our substance use?
Who are Family and /or Friends?
Going through the motions, or saying the right words, without really considering how they apply to your own life and acting on them.
What is Fake-it Till You Make It?
Allowing depression and/or feeling sorry for yourself to immobilize you; also, giving yourself compassion-based permission to relapse.
What is Self Pity?
The ego protects itself from painful realizations or the hard work of change by dismissing the therapist's competence ("They don't understand me").
What is Defense Mechanisms
Inpatient Withdrawal Management Unit is better known as ________________.
What is detox?
This recovery group that is secular and uses these as goal guides.
Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timely
What is SMART Recovery?
We must ______________ ourselves for our mistakes.
What is Forgive?
“Playing the ------” Takes away any expectation or accountability that one should understand or contribute to his/her own recovery process.
What is "Playing the Victim"
This may be the most blatant form of self-sabotage; when we consciously do the wrong thing full-knowing it is going to be destructive at some point.
What is Purposely doing the wrong thing
Looking for an easy, immediate solution or a specific diagnosis that absolves you of personal accountability.
What is a "Magic Bullet"
What is NOT one of the 3 main factors of why some people become addicts? Biology, environment, education, use at early age?
Education.
This meeting serve individuals who are in recovery from narcotics.
What is NA
Long term sobriety is now know as being ----- ------
What is SUBSTANCE FREE