Tool Box
When you are feeling negative or depressed, visualize a list of all the things that you are grateful for. Concentrate on the good that you have. By focusing on the positive, you are less likely to be sucked into the negative.
What is a Gratitude List
The first step of Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous is this.
We admitted we were powerless over our addiction and that our lives have become unmanageable
Cocaine and methamphetamine are members of this class of drugs
What are stimulants
In recovery, I need to consider avoiding old ____________, _____________, and ________________
What are people, places, and things
Needing more of a drug to achieve the same effect OR a diminished effect when using the same amount is called this.
What is tolerance
Clear changes in choice, support, motivation and structure/ritual that represent the lapse behavior. Examples include cutting down or NO meetings, cutting corners in chores, missing meds and refills, associating with old using friends, and testing personal control.
what are warning signs
The primary responsibility of a sponsor is this
What is help me work the 12 steps
Heroin is a member of this class of drugs
What are opioids
This recovery skill involves the use of other people in recovery to support my own recovery
What is (sober) support
This term means addiction always gets worse, never better, over any considerable period of time.
What is progression
Before acting on impulse, think about a possible consequence and outcomes that are attached to the impulse/action. Sometimes, reminders of the end result (like a movie that ends in relapse, jail, or death) can stop you from making a poor decision.
What is Playing the Tape All The Way Through
The only requirement for 12 step membership is this.
The desire to stop using
Anxiety, shaking, DTs, seizures, and vomiting are most often associated with withdrawal from which substance
What is alcohol
The acronym HALT in recovery stands for what
Hungry
Angry
Lonely
Tired
The neurotransmitter most often associated with addiction is
What is dopamine
Taking an event or feeling and looking at it differently. Instead of looking at it from a negative viewpoint, looking at it from a positive. Example: A glass is half empty. The reframe would be, “The glass is half full”.
What is to Refram
12 step programs are not religious but ARE this.
What is spiritual
Body aches, hot/cold sweats, runny nose, fast pulse, and diarrhea are typical withdrawal symptoms for which substance
what is heroin
Everyone who uses drugs will become addicted. True or False?
What is false
Addiction is a primary disease. It is not necessarily caused by something else like trauma or mental health
What is true
Intentional awareness of one’s thoughts, actions, motivations, and environment. Bringing the mind to focus on what is happening in the present moment, noticing the mind's usual "commentary", and what your sensations are telling you. Through learning to control what you pay attention to and how long you pay attention to something you can learn to control you impulsive behavior.
what is Mindfulness
Addiction is a primary disease. It is not necessarily caused by something else like trauma or mental health.
What is true.
This drug can be both a stimulant and a depressant, depending upon how much I use.
What is alcohol
Prayer, meditation, nature, journaling, music, and art all all recovery skills that fit under which recovery principle
What is spirituality
The phenomena of replacing one drug for another is called this
What is cross addiction or drug switching