Cognitive Distortions
This distortion involves acts influencing unrelated situations
Magical Thinking
"I feel like I'm rude so therefore everyone thinks I'm rude."
Emotional Reasoning
Do this in the morning to acknowledge what you DO have
Create a gratitude list
How many steps are there?
12
Work on changing these 3 things during early recovery
People
Places
Things
This distortions involves you believing you are responsible of situations out of your control
Personalization
Your job tells you that you have received a promotion but also gives you feedback for areas that could use improvement. You only focus on the room for improvement, this is an example of:
Disqualifying the positive
What are the 3 steps to "The Secret"
Ask
Believe
Receive
Use these instead of using (Hint: when faced with difficult situaions)
Coping skills
It is important to set these in order to remain stable in early recovery
Boundaries
Thinking in ways that include "always" "never" or "every"
All or nothing thinking
"I felt nervous when I first came to treatment. Why am I always SO nervous!"
Overgeneralization
How fast does The Secret work?
There is no timeline
What is the legal drinking limit
0.08
In relationships it is easy to slip into being:
Codepentdent
Believing that things should be a certain way
"Should" statements
Seeking only the worst possible outcome in a scenario
Catastrophizing
Give an example of how to practice The Law of Attraction
(If you give a valid one you get points)
Name one group rule:
No eating
No in and out of group
No vaping
Remain respectful
What was the title for our Just for Today reading this morning?
A New Meaning for Love
Finding meaning in situations with little evidence
Jumping to conclusions
Cognitive distortions are:
Irrational thoughts that influence your emotions
True or False: The law of attraction only works if you think good things
False: It attracts the good and the bad.
This morning we read the:
Just for Today Meditation
The First Stage of Treatment is:
Detoxification