Relationships
The major components of _______ include, vulnerability, honesty, willingness to share.
What is communication? List 2 examples of ways to be effective in communicating.
There are 5 stages of change in recovery.
What are Pre-contemplative, Contemplation, preparation, Action, and Maintenance
The first year of recovery is filled with ________symptoms and has high relapse risk.
What is WITHDRAWAL? What are 2 strategies you would use?
PAWS is an acronym for what?
What is Post-Accute Withdrawal Syndrome
When in _______ _______, you are ruled by the addiction.
What is ADDICT MIND? The urges for habitual problem behaviors determine your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.
Dysregulation in relationships often occur because people are dishonest. What 3 other reasons people don't communicate with loved ones?
What are...
1. lack of boundaries
2. shame/guilt
3. aggression/passivity
4. low self-esteem
5. perfectionism/fear of failure
What can help someone move from one stage to the next in the path of recovery? What is the one thing an individual MUST have to make any change?
Learning the stages, gaining information about each stage, psychoeducational information about the costs and benefits of substance abuse and recovery, gaining skills to cope, and personal motivation.
Early abstinence is referred to the ___________ stage and will last 4 - 5 weeks. It is often marked by overconfidence and impatience.
What is "honeymoon" stage. It is also often associated with resistance, frustration, discontinuation of treatment /supports and use of a secondary drug.
HALT
Hunger
Anger
Loneliness
Tiredness
Both extremes in thinking are dangerous. What are the two extreme types of thinking?
What is Addict mind and Clean mind? Impulsivity is part of addict mind what is a trait of clean mind?
It is unrealistic – and even dangerous – to believe that all relationships can be repaired, no matter what has happened. We cannot stay in unhealthy relationships. Therefore, sometimes we need to accept that it’s time to let go, move on, and open a new chapter of our lives. This is considered part of _________ ________. When we move on with our lives and don't look back.
What is BURNING BRIDGES?
When a person with an addiction determines that 'something needs to change' this is the point of ________.
What is Recognition?
____________ abstinence or "the wall" stage comes after the 'honeymoon' and has both positive and negative attributes.
What is Protracted? Attributes can include feelings of 'normal life' returning and emotional mood swings. What are two more positive/negative attributes?
STOP
STOP
TAKE a step back
OBSERVE
PROCEED mindfully
Engaging in apparently irrelevant behaviors that in the past inevitably led to addictive behavior. This is part of _____ ____.
What is Clean Mind? A person may think "I've learned my lesson" or "I don't have an addiction anymore"
_____________ behaviors include alcohol/drug abuse, abusive relationships, birds of a feather, drama queens, procrastination, martyrs, Type A personalities, negative self-talk, negative thinking and cognitive distortions.
What is SELF-SABOTAGE? Give 2 examples of ways you have sabotaged yourself.
Which stage of recovery is this person in? The person has been late to work almost everyday. Their boss has had a discussion with them and the person admits that they have trouble falling asleep at night. This person's family has been 'nagging' them about how much they drink/use and their health problems. The person admits that their health isn't what it used to be and they would experience withdrawal if they stopped using alcohol/substance.
What is Contemplation?
The 'wall' stage slowly ends and you begin to get used to your new life, this ________ stage may last 6 months.
What is ADJUSTMENT? It is vital to maintain a level of structure, routine and normalcy in your life and stay connected with recovery supports.
PLEASE
PL - treat PhysicaL illness
E- balanced Eating
A - Avoid mood-altering substances
S - balanced Sleep
E - get Exercise
Strategies to be used in Clear Mind would include ______.
The safest place to be is clear mind, but remember addict mind and accept that you should expect urges and cues, planning ahead to cope.
Extreme, maladaptive and inflexible personality traits are examples of ______________.
What is co-dependency? Can you give an example of each of the following personality types:
Caretaker
Controller
Rescuer
Enabler
Maintenance is the last stage and once achieved an addict is considered cured. They never have to worry about it anymore. (true or false?)
False. Individuals in maintenance stage have been engaging in the new behavior for over 6 months. The new behavior is more routine to them now and they often feel more confident in their skills, coping techniques and ability to resist the substance. The person often feels better and looks better. The person understands that ongoing support, meetings, and sponsorship are key to ongoing sobriety.
The changes in function of neurotransmitters involved in the positive-reinforcing properties of drugs of abuse within the extended amygdala provides a powerful mechanism for changes in ________ that can lead to the compulsive drug-seeking and drug-taking behavior characteristic of addiction.
What is Hedonic set point? Explain this in your own words.
SURG
Substance
Use
Recovery
Group
Beliefs that are untrue, rumination of a thought causes escalation of untrue thoughts.
What are Cognitive distortions? Give an example of this.