Recovery Court
The judge implements a __________ when I do not follow the rules.
What is a Sanction?
Characterized by uncontrollable cravings, tolerance to a substance, use of the substance despite consequences, withdrawal when consumption has stopped, and a physiological change in brain chemistry.
What is the disease of addiction/alcoholism?
We experience these in our mind, heart, and gut, and it is important that we learn to manage our reaction to them.
What are feelings/emotions?
A strong desire to consume a particular substance.
What is a craving?
This practice, often involving deep breathing and awareness, helps reduce stress and improve focus.
What is meditation?
The most important requirement of recovery court, that comes before all other requirements.
What is honesty?
The most addictive chemical available is legal for most Americans and available to purchase at gas stations.
What is nicotine?
It is important to learn to manage this uncomfortable mental experience that can occur when we worry or stress over things.
What is anxiety?
The phase of recovery in which one feels everything is going great and you often feel you're "cured".
What is the Honeymoon phase?
This is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another person.
What is empathy?
Candy, playing PLINKO, clapping, commissary.
What are incentives?
What are the symptoms of alcohol withdrawal? (Also acceptable: What are DTs?
These temporary mental states can make us feel high, low, and everything in between, so it is important that we learn to regulate them.
What are moods?
H.A.L.T. stands for _______?
Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired
Building a strong one of these - like attending meetings, calling a sponsor, or surrounding yourself with positive people - is key to staying clean and sober.
What is a support system?
The phase where the community service project and autobiography must be started.
What is phase 3?
______ is the pleasure in our brains that plays a major role in substance abuse and addiction.
What is dopamine?
A negative emotion stemming from holding on to anger or a grudge; is worked on through therapy and/or step 4.
What is resentment?
Doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results.
What is insanity?
Often used in trauma recovery, this grounding technique uses your five senses to reconnect with the present.
What is the 5-4-3-2-1 technique?
Hayy, healthy, often reunited with families, law abiding citizens, productive members of society, funny, challenging, stubborn, worthy.
What are recovery court participants; graudates; people in recovery.
The most widely abused drug in America.
What is marijuana?
Emotionally painful experiences in life, which cause temporary or sometimes permanent brain changes and can contribute to mental illness and substance use problems.
What is trauma?
This concept means returning to substance use after a period of sobriety, and is a common challenge in the recovery process.
What is a relapse?
This term refers to actively planning positive ways to handle stress, cravings, and life challenges without substances.
What is the Relapse Prevention Plan?