Understanding Addiction as a Disease
a 3 pound mass made up of many parts that act together as a team
What is the brain?
The 3 types of Communication
What is Passive, Aggressive, and Assertive
A person's drive to change his or her own beliefs and behaviours.
What is Motivation to Change?
What is 500
A stimulus - such as a person, place, situation, or thing - that contributes to an unwanted emotional or behavioral response
What is a trigger?
Mostly substances target a part of the brain called
Name 3 of the 5 Relationship Conflict Resolutions
What is
1. Focus on the problem, not the person
2. Use reflective listening
3. Use "I" statements
4. Know when to take a time out
5. Work toward a resolution
After making changes, some individuals will return to their previous problem behavior. This can happen at anytime.
What is Relapse?
This U.S. holiday, celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November, is known for turkey dinners and giving thanks.
What is Thanksgiving?
3 things we should avoid and remind us of our past drug use that can trigger relapse
What are people, places, and things?
A disease involving continued use of a substance despite serious substance-related problems, such as loss of control over use, health problems, or negative social consequences
What is addiction?
Are the rules and limits we set for ourselves in relationships.
What are personal boundaries?
What are Barriers to Change?
this board game features properties like Boardwalk and Park Place and uses tokens like the top hat and racecar.
What is Monopoly?
The two types of triggers
What are internal triggers and external triggers?
The body loses its ability to break down a substance
What is Reverse Tolerance?
Name the book written by Harriet B. Braiker
What is "The Disease to Please"?
Name 2 or the 4 steps to follow in Motivation to change.
What is
1. Setting Goals
2. Considering Options
3. Making a Plan
4. Reviewing your Goals
Date of the first group facilitated by Gabby
What is July 8, 2025
These come from within you - your thoughts, emotions, physical sensations or memories
What is an internal trigger?
Name all six (6) Post Acute Withdrawal Symptoms
What is
1. Difficulty Thinking Clearly
2. Difficulty Managing Feelings and Emotions
3. Memory Problems
4. Difficulty in Recognizing and Managing Stress
5. Difficulty in Sleeping Restfully
6. Difficulty in Psychomotor Co-ordination
Name all 5 types of boundaries
What is
1. Physical Boundaries
2. Emotional Boundaries
3. Time and Energy Boundaries
4. Material Boundaries
5. Digital Boundaries
The five (5) Stages of Change (IN ORDER)
What are
1. Precontemplation
2. Contemplation
3. Preparation
4. Action
5. Maintenance
Gabby's Sobriety Date
What is February 3, 2019?
The six (6) Trigger Categories
What is
1. Emotional State
2. People
3. Places
4. Things
5. Thoughts
6. Activities/Situations