Awarness slip in which a peer is brought up on their behavior in a group setting
What is a
pullup?
100
Also called all or nothing thinking. Thing of things in absolute terms like always, every, or never. For example if your performance falls short you see yourself as a total failure. I "always" mess things up.
What is Black and White thinking.
100
The only reguirement for membership in an AA/NA meeting.
What is the desire to stop using.
100
Stress, people we use with, places where we use and things we used to get high.
What are triggers?
100
Getting inpatient at pace of recovery, becoming arrogant, HALT, thinking it is ok to drink, becoming jealous of others drinking.
What are relapse warning signs?
200
A group in which a peer is confonted about actions or behaviors detrimental to the community and to the person's own recovery.
What is an encounter group?
200
Taking isolated case and using them to make wide generalizations. You see a single negative event as a never ending patter of defeat.
What is overgeneralization
200
Person who helps us with our step work when in recovery?
Who is a sponsor?
200
Taking care of your self, working on your step work, going to meetings, positive affirmations, leisure activities that bring positive feelings of self worth, helping others.
What are things that increase self esteem?
200
Plan for preventing return to drug use or other behavior.
What is a relapse prevention plan?
300
A tool for communicating with the counselor regarding concerns about treatment, procedures etc.
What is a communication slip?
300
Understating positive or negative traits, behaviors etc. Example "I only use on the weekends" "I wasn't that big of a deal, I was going her way anyway."
What is minimization?
300
Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, tried to we tried to carry this message to addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
What is Step 12?
300
doing something to take your mind of a craving, such as watching tv, calling someone, reading your recovery book.
What is distraction?
300
Distraction, talking to another person about a craving, recalling negative consequences, changing self talk.
What are skills for coping with a craving?
400
The staff members act as role models and rational authority in the TC setting.
What is staff as community members?
400
Believing that something will happen without any real effort on your part.
What is magical thinking?
400
The inability to stop thinking about the drug, the getting it, the using it and the finding ways to get more. Never ending thoughts of use.
What is obession?
400
A type of therapy that works on identifying and changing negative thoughts that impact your behavior.
What is CBT?
400
A state in which we are unable to stop using despite the negative consequences. It is progressive incurable and can be fatal.
What is addiction?
500
Each day has a formal schedule of therapeutic and educational activities with prescribed formats, fixed times, and routine procedures.
What is A Structured Day?
500
We take the negative details and manify them while filtering out the positive aspects of a situation. Example "they only talk about using in meetings"
What is filtering?
500
The inability to stop acting on a thought once we are obsessed with it. The repeated acting out once we start using.
What is compulsion?
500
Measuring pros and cons of using and making a change toward recovery
What is decisional balance?
500
Taking an illegal substance either pharmaceutical or street drugs to deal with physical or mental pain.