Freedom & Daily Choices
In active addiction, choices shrink. In recovery, choices do this.
They grow
This word means making up your mind or making a judgment.
Decision
This checklist stands for Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired.
HALT check
Name one tech-based trigger that can make decision-making harder today, such as notifications or late-night scrolling.
Notifications
This term describes the trade-offs you face when you choose one option over another.
Opportunity cost
This is a simple daily decision related to your body in recovery, like eating breakfast or sleeping.
What to eat
This is the power or right to pick an option among alternatives.
Choice
In DBT, STOP stands for Stop, Take a step back, Observe and ______.
Proceed mindfully
A simple boundary to avoid late-night phone use could be “No phone” in this piece of furniture after 9pm.
Bed
Name one thing addiction may cost you, such as money, time, health, trust or freedom.
Money
When one decision sets off a chain reaction of consequences, it's compared to this type of falling block.
A domino
The aim or end toward which effort is directed.
Goal
The '10‑10‑10' rule asks how you'll feel about a choice in 10 minutes, 10 days, and 10 ____.
Months
This convenient phone service can lead to impulse spending when you're hungry.
Delivery apps
Name one thing recovery gives back, such as relationships, health, or peace of mind.
Trust
According to recovery lessons, one daily question you must ask yourself: 'Will you accept ______?'.
Responsibility
What term describes the money, time or benefits lost when choosing one option instead of another?
Opportunity cost
Identify the planning tool that uses statements like 'If ___ happens, then I will ___'.
An if-then plan
This modern phenomenon occurs when old friends or contacts from your using days reappear via messages or social media.
Old contacts popping up
Name one intangible benefit of choosing recovery that you cannot buy, such as self-respect, peace of mind, or trust.
Self-respect or peace of mind
Which step of the 12 Steps involves admitting powerlessness over addiction and beginning to surrender to a Higher Power, a first step toward reclaiming freedom in daily decisions?
Step 1
This decision-making tool involves making a T-chart with positives on one side and negatives on the other to weigh options.
A pros and cons list
Name the three critical questions you ask yourself when evaluating opportunity cost (for example: what alternative opportunities exist, which is the best alternative, and what would you gain if you chose it).
What alternative opportunities are there? Which alternative is best? What would I gain if I chose that alternative instead?
What psychological phenomenon causes people to overvalue immediate rewards and undervalue future outcomes, making 'just one more scroll' decisions hard in recovery?
Delay discounting
In the worksheet's example, if you go back to school instead of taking a full-time job, what is the opportunity cost you incur by not working?
The income or money you would earn by working full-time instead of going to school