12 Steps
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Step 4 of Alcoholics Anonymous
Intentionally living with awareness in the present moment without judging or attaching to the moment.
Mindfulness
People, places, objects, feelings, and times that cause cravings.
Triggers
What are the 3 main categories of triggers?
People, places, and things.
Wear a rubber band loosely on your wrist. Each time you become aware of thoughts of using snap and say "no".
Snapping
Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
Step 7 of Alcoholics Anonymous
What are the core mindfulness skills?
As soon as you realize your are thinking about using, you should use this skill.
Thought-stopping
What does MARA stand for?
Medication Assisted Recovery Anonymous
Listen to a video describing how to meditate.
Guided meditation
Step 1 of Alcoholics Anonymous
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol — that our lives had become unmanageable.
What are the states of mind (a combination of these is a wise mind)?
Reasonable mind and emotional mind
Feelings and emotions that trigger the brain to think about using substances.
Internal Trigger
What are the 3 "what" skills?
Observing, describing, participating
Observe an object in detail without judgement
Mindful Seeing
Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
Step 9 of Alcoholics Anonymous
A skill used to understand missing effective behavior.
Missing-link analysis
Typical sequence in the "automatic" process.
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What is the first question in missing-links analysis?
Did I know what effective behavior was needed or expected?
Listen to a video guiding the imagination through sights and sensations.
Guided imagery
Step 11 of Alcoholics Anonymous
Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
Links vulnerability and a prompting event to problem behavior and consequences.
Chain Analysis
What does CBT stand for?
Cognitive behavioral therapy
What are the 3 how skills?
Nonjudgmentally, one-mindfully, effectively
5 Senses Mindfulness
5 things you can see, 4 things you can feel, 3 things you can hear, 2 things you can smell, 1 thing you can taste or do