TRIGGERS
These three categories make up external triggers
What are people, places, and things?
Having a craving means you are failing in recovery.
What is False?
Going for a walk, exercising, reading, or watching television are examples of this coping strategy.
Answer: What is distraction?
Urge surfing compares cravings to this.
What is a wave?
A person thinks, "I can't take this craving." CBT teaches us to do this.
What is challenge the thought?
These four internal states make up HALT.
What are Hungry, Angry, Lonely/Bored, and Tired?
Many people describe cravings as physical sensations like sweaty palms, dry mouth, or this feeling in the chest.
What is chest tightness?
Talking to a sponsor, counselor, or sober friend is another coping strategy called this.
What is seeking support/talking about the craving?
The first step of urge surfing is paying attention to the craving and measuring this.
What is intensity?
Replace this thought: "This feeling will never go away unless I use."
What is "This craving will pass if I give it a few minutes"?
Seeing someone you used with is an example of this type of trigger.
What is an external trigger?
Cravings are compared to these because they rise, peak, and eventually pass.
What are ocean waves?
This strategy involves remembering what happens after using rather than focusing only on immediate relief.
What is recalling negative consequences?
The second step is focusing on these physical experiences.
What are sensations or symptoms?
Complete this statement: "Craving is a __________ of recovery."
What is a normal part
Feeling stressed after an argument is an example of this type of trigger.
What is an internal trigger?
People often believe cravings will last forever, but cravings generally do this.
What is pass/go away?
"Playing the tape until the end" means thinking about these.
What are the consequences of using?
True or False: Urge surfing means fighting the craving as hard as possible.
What is False?
People often have thoughts that happen so quickly they seem automatic. These are called this.
What are automatic thoughts?
Before coping with cravings effectively, this is the first step.
What is identifying triggers?
When people use every time they have a craving, they never learn this important lesson.
What is that cravings can go away without using?
You are angry after an argument, rate your craving at 80/100, and start thinking, "I can't handle this." Name:
1. Internal trigger (anger)
2. "This craving will pass."
3. Call support, urge surf, exercise, deep breathing, distraction, or recall consequences.
When urge surfing, you observe the craving as it rises, peaks, and then does this.
What is passes or fades away?
Give one example of healthy self-talk during a craving.
Examples: