12 Step Support
This is the main Spiritual principle behind step 1.
What is Honesty
This is used to structure time and keep busy while accomplishing goals.
What is scheduling
These are 3 coping skills for when you get triggered.
1. Call your sponsor, sober support friends.
2. Redirect your thoughts using snapping, redirecting thoughts, Etc....
3. Deep Breathing, counting to ten (Slowly).
This Neurotransmitter is responsible for "Pleasure and reward"
What is Dopamine
These will help you to stay Clean and Sober and are a phone call away.
What are "Friends" in Recovery.
These are 3 things that you need to change?
People, places, and things.
These are smaller goals within a larger goal or benchmarks of progress towards completing a goal?
What are Objectives
These are ways to prevent stress and remain grounded.
1. Describe your environment in detail
2. Use Humor to laugh about something.
3. Focus on you breathing
4. Remember words of an inspiring song, or movie
5. Go for a walk or read a book.
This is the feeling of general well being.
What is homeostasis.
This has been know to replace Fear in dealing with life on life's terms.
What is Faith
When getting one of these it is suggested that
1. You cannot become romantically involved.
2. he or she should not be a family Member.
3. You should not have more that one.
What is a Sponsor
Setting these will help to reduce stress?
What are Goals
These coping skills help to clear the mind and stay focused on the present.
1. Prayer and meditation
2. Yoga
3. Writing or drawing negative emotions
4. Repeat positive affirmations, daily
5. Make a gratitude list
6. Take a walk
This is the pleasure threshold of the brain named after the Greek God of pleasure.
What is the Hedonic Set Point
This will help to eliminate shame and guilt, restore family unity, and provide a sense internal gratification to improve self esteem.
What is Forgiveness
These are the benefits of attending meetings.
What is social support, clean friends, a safe place to share, accountability, and support through challenging times in recovery.
Stress is a mismatch of the ________in our lives and ________we have to meet those demands.
What are the demands and the resourses.
These coping skills will help to occupy time and avoid boredom.
1. Find a new Hobbies, Games, puzzles, models, sporting events, exercise
2. Take 15 minutes a day to schedule your day or week.
3. Enjoy nature, explore the outdoors.
4. Find a worthy cause and volunteer your time.
5. Attend church or self help meetings regularly.
These three Neurotransmitters all help with the Homeostasis (Or feelings of Wellbeing) that are affected by substance use
What are Serotonin, norepinephrine, Dopamine
These are types of triggers from past traumatic events.
What are Flashbacks
12 Step Programs promise nothing more that this.
Freedom from active addiction.
Stress is related to ___% of mental health disorders?
What is 85%
1. Get enough sleep.
2. Get one thing done today.
3. Learn what triggers anxiety
4. Eat healthy meals and avoid high sugar.
5. Seek medical options and take medications as directed daily.
Addiction is caused by the _________and the_______of constant Drug use.
Repetition and reward
These are 2 Different Acronyms for F.E.A.R.
What are:
Forget Everything And Run
Face Everything And Recover