Craving Cycle
Can't think of anything else. Gets stronger and stronger. Persistent and recurrent
What is an Obsession?
poor diet, lack of exercise, poor stress management
Imaging you're there and focusing on feelings (can lead to a total body experience. Do not repress it! Share it! Embrace it--> make some sense of it--> deal with it--> move on from it
What are thinking triggers?
this is the first step of the trigger recovery process
What is Avoidance?
Using the example of Pavlov's dog ____ is the unconditional stimulus and _____ is the unconditional response
Using the example of Pavlovs dog what is FOOD and what is SALVATION?
Doing the same thing over again expecting different results. With addicts this is partly explained by the obsession leading to compulsion.
exaggerate pleasurable memories, and block out minimize or repress bad memories. If you know about this you can recognize it is happening and thought stop. Use the think it through tool (play the tape)
What is euphoric recall?
Stem from sensory cues (visual, smell, or auditory)
What are feeling triggers?
This is the second step of the trigger recovery process
What is gradual re-introduction
Prior to conditioning, _____ was the neutral stimulus because it did not make the dog salivate.
What was ringing the bell?
Caused by brain chemistry imbalances. Never totally goes away. Returns when recovery program is neglected.
What is physical craving?
exaggerate pain and discomfort in recovery. Block out comfort, pleasure, and satisfaction of recovery.
What is awfulizing sobriety?
drug seeking Bx (going to bars, talking to dealers, seeing drug using friends)
What are acting/behavioral triggers?
This is the third step of the trigger recovery process
What is extinction?
What is an unconditional response?
Emotional state. Results in a strong irrational urge to use. Now thinking w/ emotion.
Belief that alcohol or drugs is still a POS option. The belief that it will kill you, does not supersede the belief that it will work for you again.
What is positive expectancy
Drug-using friends (even when they are not using at the time), stressful relationships, being where you can touch, feel, or smell drugs and alcohol
What are relating/interactional triggers?
What is the gradual re-introduction stage?
After conditioning the bell alone lead to the dog salivating, ringing the bell is now a ______
What is a conditional stimulus?
Ritualized and habitual, sometimes the addict is not even aware they are doing it. Creates a mental state that justifies drug use.
What is drug seeking Bx?
the three categories of set-up Bxs
What is physical set-ups, psychological set-ups, and social set-ups
These are the most avoidable triggers! Want to avoid during early recovery.
What is acting/behavioral triggers?
Being around a trigger without using enough times so that there is no longer a connection between using and the trigger.
What is extinction?
After conditioning the bell alone lead to the dog salivating, The dog salivating is called the ____
What is the conditional response?