Recovery Strategies
How to be successful in the program
Making Changes in your life
Types of Relapse
Relapse Prevention
100
Give me three helpful ways to keep yourself busy in a healthy positive way.
Answers may vary
100

What are the key elements of working a recovery program?

Sponsor, home group, support group, WE, 12 Steps, spiritual principles 

100

What are PPT?

People places and things. 

100

Most urges usually last less than ___ to __ minutes.

5-10 minutes

100
A process that begins when you start slipping back into old behavior patterns.
Relapse
200

You don't recover from addiction by stopping using, you recovery by creating a ____ ______ where it is easier not to use.

new life

200

If you do relapse, you should _____ right away.

Get honest about it. Tell someone. 

200
Once you've practiced your new behavior for six months, you have reached what stage?
Maintenance
200
Give 3 signs of emotional relapse.
Anxiety, Anger, Isolation, etc.
200
Handle day to day _________ as they happen to help prevent relapse.
problems or feelings
300

The most important moment before relapse isn't the final decision to use a drug, its when you decide to ______. 

Expose yourself to triggers. Put yourself in high risk situations

300

Why is it dangerous to substitute drugs and alcohol with another addiction?

Cross addiction keeps us sick. We continue in a pattern of obsession and compulsion. 

300

Your best friend tells you that they think that you may have a drinking problem. You only drink 5 days a week but haven't looked at this as a possibility. What stage would this be? (Hint: You don't see the problem yet)

Precontemplation

300
Glamorizing your past use is an example of what kind of relapse?
Mental
300
How can nutrition help prevent relapse?
What you eat can affect how well you cope with pressure. Good healthy food will help with cravings and stress management and promote positive well-being.
400
What three categories do high-risk situations usually fall under?
People, places, or things
400
What does H.O.W mean and how does it relate to recovery?
Honest Open and Willing Be honest and open about your life including your past usage. Be willing to acknowledge and change the attitudes and behaviors that need to be changed and may be causing issues in your life.
400
Why is making changes to your life and behavior an essential and important part of your recovery?
answers may vary
400
What are the 3 stages of relapse?
Emotional, Mental, and Physical
400
You should have at least 3 ways to handle ____-_____ situations.
high- risk
500

Define complacency. List ways to avoid complacency in recovery. 

A feeling of satisfaction with your recovery and sobriety that results in you not trying harder. To avoid complacency: Stay involved, go to meetings, attend your home group, work the steps, do service work

500
What do we mean when we say addiction is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit? Provide examples

It impacts us mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually. 

500
According to the transtheoretical model of behavior change, change occurs in what 5 stages?
Precontemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, Action and Maintenance
500
The signs of emotional relapse are also the symptoms of ___ -_____ withdrawal.
post-acute
500
You begin to isolate yourself form others and feel bored and lonely much of the time. This is a _____ _____.
danger signal
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