Medications/substance use
This medication often used in addiction treatment and blocks effects of opioids and can reduce cravings?
What is naltrexone.
This tool helps prevent relapse by teaching someone in recovery to avoid situations, people, or feelings that might trigger the urge to use substances.
What is identifying and managing triggers?
This peer-support group is known for its 12-step program and focuses on helping people recover from alcohol addiction.
What is AA?
This is the result of repeatedly shielding someone from the consequences of their addiction, preventing them from recognizing the need for change.
What is reinforcing the edition?
This concept encourages family members with the addicted individual to protect themselves and help the person in recovery.
What is setting healthy boundaries?
This medication is used in treatment of alcohol dependence causes an unpleasant reaction if alcohol is consumed.
What is disulfiram?
This is a technique used to recognize unhealthy thoughts and replace them with healthier, more balanced thoughts.
What is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)?
These are necessary to maintain in recovery, as they help ensure that the person in recovery is not sabotaging their own progress or reverting to unhealthy behaviors.
What are healthy boundaries?
Enabling behaviors can make an addict feel this way, as they never face the natural consequences of their actions, which diminishes their motivation to seek help.
What is entitlement?
A family member's role is to reinforce recovery by encouraging their loved one to take responsibility for their actions and decisions, rather than shielding them from consequences.
What is accountability?
This medication is used to manage withdrawal symptoms during detoxification from alcohol or benzodiazepines and can prevent seizures.
What is Lorazepam?
These exercises are or activities help people in recovery manage stress and cravings, and can include practices like deep breathing, yoga or mediation.
What are stress management techniques?
This is the process of encouraging someone in recovery to take responsibility for their own actions while offering emotional support.
What is empowering?
This term describes when someone acts as if everything is "normal" or downplays the seriousness of the addict's behavior to avoid confrontation or difficult conversations.
What is denial?
This approach encourages family members to engage in honest conversations with the addicted person while also understanding their own emotional responses.
What is Open Communication?
Slurred speech and loss of coordination are commonly seen in people using this type of substance.
What is alcohol?
This practice involves recognizing and rewarding progress, no matter how small, to help someone stay motivated and focused on their recovery goals.
What is celebrating milestones?
This is an essential aspect of supporting someone, as it ensures both individuals in the relationship maintain their personal dignity.
What is respect?
This is the term used for when family members or friends repeatedly give an addicted person a place to stay or shelter, preventing them from facing the consequences of their addiction.
What is enabling?
This process involves family members learning to accept that addiction is a disease, and that recovery requires ongoing support and understanding, rather than blame.
What is acceptance?
Shaking, sweating or feeling nauseous can be signs of this phase of substance abuse.
What is withdrawal?
This tool involves developing a "plan for sobriety" that includes a list of personal goals, strategies for coping with cravings, and resources for support.
What is a relapse prevention plan?
What is fostering independence?
This psychological pattern occurs when a person repeatedly tries to fix or "save" an addict from their consequences, often out of a sense of guilt or love, but it actually perpetuates the addiction.
What is codependency?
This psychological tool teaches families how to manage feelings of guilt, resentment, and anger toward the addicted person in a way that promotes healing for all involved.
What is self-care and emotional regulation?