Relapse
Mental Health
12 Step Recovery
Family Dynamics
Communication
100
It is a series of emotional, mental, spiritual and behavioral changes that take place long before the actual event.
What is a relapse?
100
A pattern of irrational beliefs that one believes are accurate and real without challenging their validity.
What are thoughts that contribute to depression, anxiety and other mental health problems?
100
This is the only requirement to be a member of a 12 step program
What is the desire to stop drinking or using.
100
These are guidelines, rules or limits that a person creates to identify for themselves what are reasonable, safe and permissible ways for other people to behave around them and how they will respond when someone steps outside those limits
What are boundaries
100
This happens in a conversation when one person is not fully listening or present and begins to interpret what the other is saying before the conversation is finished.
What is miscommunication or misinterpretation?
200
Your sponsor, friends, family, Avalon staff.
Who are people in your sober support system to call if you need support or want to use?
200
list 5 ways to overcome mental health barriers (depression, anxiety)
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200
The foundation of the 12 steps is based on this principle
What is the belief in a Higher Power or a power greater then ourselves.
200
One member of the family is constantly being blamed for small things, picked on and constantly put down. This helps deflect from the rest of the families faulty behavior.
What is scapegoating
200
This is a communication style which people appear one way on the surface, but are actually acting out their anger in indirect or behind-the-scenes ways. Forms of this are gossip, and sarcasm.
What is Passive Aggressive Communication
300
The only way to handle this difficult uncomfortable situation is to go and use right now.
What is an example of an irrational thought that leads to relapse?
300
What are some common misconceptions about people with a mental health diagnosis?
What is?
300
Doing this as soon as possible will help set up a foundation for recovery
What is finding a sponsor and beginning step work.
300
This is a form of competition or animosity between these types of family members, whether blood related or not.
What is sibling rivalry
300
A situation in which a person is receiving verbal or nonverbal cues that seem to contradict each other. Typical reactions to this behavior are confusion, anger, and a willingness to cease communication with the person
What are mixed messages
400
Death, injury to self or others, losing friends and family, jail, prison, hospitalization etc...
What are consequences of relapsing?
400
The condition of suffering from both mental health and substance abuse issues
What is dual diagnosis
400
The act of people with more than one year sober attempting to date newcomers in AA. Often referred to as a negative and detrimental behavior.
What is the "13th" step
400
This is a situation in which one family member will not communicate directly with another family member, but will communicate with a third family member and rely on them to deliver the message for them.
What is triangulation
400
In this communication style a person is using words to control or influence someone else without that other person being aware of it. An example would be making someone pity or feel sorry for you.
What is Manipulative Communication
500
These are 10 reasons to remain sober in your life?
What are...
500
This is the purpose of having and showing emotions?
What is to communicate with others how we feel, help us to connect to others, to validate our own experiences, provide motivation to change or to do something, help to evaluate a situation, assist us in reading social situations
500
The Big Book suggests that doing this on a regular basis will help strengthen someones sobriety.
What is being of service and helping others.
500
When two or more family members weave their lives and identities around one another so tightly that it is difficult for any one of them to function independently
What is enmeshment
500
This is a communication exercise that is used with families and couples. One person speaks and the person who is listening repeats back what they hear.
What is Active Listening.
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