Stages of Change
Short term or long term, these assist in problem solving through the various steps taken
What are goals?
Limits and rules people set for themselves
What are boundaries?
____ triggers are certain feelings and emotions that increase the thought of using a substance.
What is internal?
*What are your own internal triggers?
impulsive urges to use that have a physiological basis
What is a craving?
Beyond his reggae music, this artist was well known for his marijuana use
Who is Bob Marley?
What we want to see or have happen when we engage in a particular behavior
What are expectations?
The process of making up or apologize for a past mistake or behavior
What is amends?
This individual helps guide a newcomer through this process of 12-Step
What is a sponsor?
*Who has a sponsor? How often do you speak with them?
a class of medications that slow down activity in your brain and nervous system
What are Benzodiazepines (Benzos)?
This catchy 1997 Third Eye Blind song talks about crystal meth
What is Semi-Charmed Life?
Faith, order, tradition, forgiveness, loyalty, independence are examples of
What are values?
qualities often found in healthy relationships
What are green flags?
In this phase of early recovery most people feel quite good during this period and often feel “cured".
What is early abstinence or the "honeymoon" phase?
Snorting this substance can lead to a loss of sense of smell, nosebleeds, problems with swallowing, and nasal septum irritation
What is Cocaine?
This Beatles song is believed to be inspired by LSD, despite Lennon insisting it was inspired by a drawing his son created.
What is Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds?
A reason for continuing a behavior versus a reason for discontinuing the behavior
What are pros and cons?
How people think about and behave in relationships
What is attachment style?
Habitual substance use changes the way people ___, how they ____, and how they ____.
*Hint: Think CBT
What is think, feel, and behave?
*How did your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors change?
The four basic stages a medication goes through within the human body.
What is absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion.
Absorption - after medications enter the body and travel from the site of administration into the body’s circulation.
Distribution - medication is spread throughout the body
Metabolism - involves the breakdown of a drug molecule
Excretion - the process in which the body eliminates waste
This Jefferson Airplane hit lyric
One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you
Don't do anything at all
Go ask Alice
When she's ten feet tall
What is White Rabbit?
What is Self-efficacy?
*One way to promote self-efficacy is by learning and using effective problem solving strategies
Worries about their partner’s availability and commitment. Often feels incomplete without their partner and may seek excessive reassurance or struggle with jealousy.
What is anxious attachment?
These are the five common challenges in recovery.
What are friends and associates, anger/irritability, substances in the home, boredom and loneliness, and social occasions?
*What have your experiences been like with these challenges?
What are opiates?
This famous Red Hot Chili Peppers hit, which is about the singer's heroin addiction and loneliness.
What is Under the Bridge?