Recovery 1
This coping skill releases endocannabinoids, endorphins, and dopamine and lowers cortisol.
Exercise
Known in the recovery world as the opposite of addiction.
Connection
To keep it you have to
Give it away
A state of mind where you are thankful and taking notice of the good things in your life rather than the bad.
Gratitude
The physiological or medicinal removal of toxic substances from a living organism
Detoxification
Maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment, through a gentle, nurturing lens
Mindfulness
The ability to recognize and accept intense emotions such as anger or frustration without feeling the need to react in an extreme or impulsive way.
Distress Tolerance
Meditation, mindfulness, exercise, therapy, calling a sober friend, and thinking of consequences are all examples of this
Coping Skills
Drugs cause this chemical messenger (neurotransmitter) to be released in excessive amounts and flood the reward pathway in the brain.
Dopamine
The skill of recognizing/noticing, labeling, and adjusting your emotions.
Emotional Regulation
The limits of what is deemed appropriate behavior by an individual.
Boundaries
A people, place, or thing that elicits a negative emotional response or induces a craving.
Triggers
1st symptom experienced as a sign you're developing a substance abuse disorder
Increased Tolerance
This substance is the 3rd leading cause of lifestyle related death
Alcohol
Awareness, Acceptance, Action
What's the difference between negative and positive coping skills?
Negative coping skills can provide quick gratification but leave lasting impacts to your health and mental wellbeing and have negative consequences. Healthy coping skills don't always feel good in the moment, but they contribute to long lasting wellbeing.
List 2 different types of triggers and give an example of each.
Pattern triggers, social triggers, emotional triggers, withdrawal triggers
This condition characterized by a decreased interest or ability to experience pleasure in activities that are normally rewarding is sometimes experienced in early recovery due to the changes made to the reward pathway in the brain
Anhedonia
The acronym H.A.L.T stands for ________
Hungry, angry, lonely, tired.
This class of drug can cause muscle spasms, brain damage causing hearing and memory loss.
Inhalants
Name the 3 stages of Re-Lapse
Emotional, Mental, Physical
Most commonly used drug in the world.
(Bonus) this drug has been shown to be just as if not more addictive than cocaine and heroin.
Caffeine
Nicotine
What is the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique?
5 things you can see, 4 you can hear, 3 you can feel, 2 you can taste, 1 you can smell.
Name 4 different types of recovery support groups
AA, NA, Celebrate recovery, SMART recovery
Self-Management and Recovery Training
What are the 5 stages of recovery.
Pre-contemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, Action, Maintenance.