Choose Your Fighter
(Recovery Choices)
(Recovery Choices)
This means choosing not to use a substance.
What is abstinence?
A thought is not one of these.
What is a command?
Stress is the body and mind’s response to pressure, conflict, change, fear, responsibility, or feeling this way.
What is overwhelmed?
Healthy boundaries help protect emotional safety and this.
What is sobriety?
This practice means recognizing and appreciating positive parts of life.
What is Gratitude?
Taking a walk, deep breathing, grounding, music, and talking to someone are examples of these.
What are coping skills?
These strategies try to reduce the negative consequences connected with substance use.
What is Harm Reduction?
“I deserve it after the day I’ve had” is this type of substance-related belief.
What is a permission-giving belief?
Stress does not automatically cause this, but unmanaged stress can increase the risk.
What is relapse?
A healthy boundary defines what behavior you will and will not do this with.
What is accept?
Gratitude can include appreciation for people, small successes, personal strengths, basic needs, and even this process itself.
What is recovery?
Skipping meetings, groups, or appointments can be a sign that this is becoming risky.
What is stress?
DAILY DOUBLE
This happens when one substance is replaced with another, often because the replacement seems less harmful.
What is substitution?
“I can stop whenever I want” belongs to this category of belief.
What is a control belief?
Bottling things up, poor sleep, irritability, isolating, and saying “I’m fine” when you’re not are signs of this stage.
What is emotional relapse?
A boundary communicates your needs without trying to do this to someone else.
What is control them?
Gratitude can improve mood, strengthen relationships, increase hope, and improve this ability to bounce back during stress.
What is resilience?
Thinking “just one” or remembering only the good parts of past use is sometimes called doing this to your past use.
What is romanticizing it?
“Trading one problem for another” is a concern related to this.
What is cross-addiction or substitution?
“It’s not as bad as what I used before” is an example of this kind of thinking.
What is minimalizing?
Cravings, bargaining, romanticizing past use, and thinking “I can control it this time” belong to this stage.
What is mental relapse?
DAILY DOUBLE
Identify this statement: “When ______ happens, I will ______ because ______.”
What is a boundary statement?
Expressing appreciation can help other people feel seen, valued, connected, encouraged, and this.
What is appreciated?
“I need something to calm down,” “I deserve a break,” and “Nobody will know” are examples of these.
What are high-risk thoughts?
Increasing amount or frequency, hiding use, returning to old people or places, and craving your primary substance are all examples of these.
What are warning signs that my recovery plan is no longer working?
DAILY DOUBLE
It is recommended to compare the short-term payoff of substance use with this.
What are the full consequences or long-term costs?
This is the stage in which a person actually returns to drinking or using.
What is physical relapse?
Feeling this way while setting a boundary does not mean the boundary is wrong.
What is uncomfortable
One suggested gratitude practice is to recognize one of these each day.
What is a personal success?
The relapse-prevention plan says to stop, get honest, use support, use a coping skill, and then focus on this.
What is the next right action?