Life Skills
Money can be a trigger. True or False
True
Meditation increases the brains _____ matter, which can reduce sensitivity to pain, enhances your immune system, and helps you regulate difficult emotions.
Grey Matter.
The brain has both grey and white matter.
White matter is mainly for transporting signals in the brain and body.
What are the 3 stages of relapse
Emotional Relapse
Mental Relapse
Physical Relapse
When we consider abstinence the only acceptable recovery outcome, positive change is limited.
True or False
True
All these are examples of what?
Reach out for help
Find a support group
Avoid triggers
Set healthy boundaries
Engage in self care
Reflect on the relapse
Developing a relapse prevention plan.
What to do immediately after a relapse
Having a budget is an example of what type of life skill?
Financial Life Skill
Whats the difference between being spiritual and being religious?
Spirituality is being in tune with our spiritual selves. Spirituality refers more to one's personal beliefs and personal relationship with the supernatural. One does not have to identify with a particular religion to be spiritual.
Religiosity on the other hand is about the more physical aspects of expressing faith. One also often belongs to one religion, and can be religious without being spiritual. (fasting, going to church etc)
What are the 2 types of relapse
Traditional Relapse
FreeLapse
What is it called when we add our morals to messages, instead of giving people the facts and letting them make their own decisions.
Moralizing
An approach to addiction that operates from the premise that many individuals with addiction problems may never achieve lasting abstinence.
It stands in opposition to treatment approaches that insist upon abstinence.
Harm Reduction
What do the letters in SMART stand for (goal setting)
Specific
Measurable
Attainable/Achievable
Realistic / Reachable
Timely/Time Specific
Name 3 methods of spirituality that we discussed.
1. Meditation
2. Prayer
3. Gratitude
4. Yoga
5. Journaling
These are signs of what stage of relapse?
Drug or alcohol cravings, Thoughts about people, places and things associated with former use, Glamorizing former use of substances, Bargaining, Lying, Plotting to better control substance use, Actively seeking relapse opportunities,Planning a relapse.
Mental Relapse
Give 2 examples of Harm Reduction in the Cigarette industry.
Nicotine replacement products
Designated Smoking Areas
Tobacco Regulation
Anti Smoking Campaigns
What stage of relapse is also known as relapse justification?
Mental Relapse
Mention 8 ways of practicing self care.
sleep, exercise, self care, a cup of tea, a nap, walking, reading, going to the doctor, getting a haircut, painting, taking a bath, massage, facial, mani/pedi, quiet time, boundaries, journaling, therapy, asking for help, seeing a friend, social media detox, etc
Be quiet and meditate, think positively, make healthy choices, hold on to your negative emotions, and explore your spiritual core
are all ways of improving spiritual health?
True or False
False
Release your negative emotions
Name 4 common risk factors for relapse that we discussed.
Exposure to Triggers
Stress
Interpersonal Problems
Peer Pressure
Lack of Social Support
Pain due to injuries, accidents, or medical issues.
Low Self Efficacy
Positive Moods
Exhaustion
Unresolved Issues
Isolation
Nicotine replacement products eliminate the risk associated with nicotine use.
True or False
False
These products do not totally eliminate the risks associated with nicotine use such as cardiac problems and hypertension. However, they significantly reduce the harm of nicotine addiction by eliminating the delivery of nicotine in the dangerous forms of smoking or chewing tobacco. Cigarettes and chewing tobacco contain not only nicotine but also toxic, cancer-causing agents as well.
Needle exchange programs reduce harm by providing clean needles and syringes to IV (injection) drug users. Because syringes usually require a prescription, IV drug users often reuse syringes and share needles with each other. This contributes to the spread of infectious diseases such as _______ and ____________
HIV and Hepatitis C.
Name 5 of the recovery life skills we talked about today.
Practicing self care
Planning and cooking healthy meals
Setting and Achieving personal goals
Maintaining a clean living space
Managing finances
Building Healthy relationships
Managing Time Responsibly
Finding/Maintaining employment/good grades
Name 6 types of prayers
Serenity prayer, prayer for forgiveness, prayer for food, prayer for love, prayer for peace, prayer for progress, etc
Whats the difference between mental relapse and emotional relapse?
In the emotional stage, you are still in denial and not yet thinking of using. During this stage, you may begin to fail to cope with your emotions in a healthy way. Instead, you may bottle up your feelings, isolate from others, deny your problems exist, and neglect your self-care.
while
in the mental stage, you are aware of holding conflicting feelings about sobriety. While a part of you may want to remain sober, another part may be battling cravings and secretly thinking about ways to relapse.
A mental relapse may also involve glorifying past drug use, minimizing the negative consequences of using, and seeking out opportunities to get high.
Give 4 Examples of Harm Reduction in the Heroin Industry
1. Giving people narcan/naloxone to reverse an overdose
2. Fentanyl testing strips
3. Needle exchange programs
4. Safe Injection Sites
5.heroin (methadone) maintenance programs (HMPs)
6. Creating a compassionate and judgement free space for users
These questions are from what step? Give me number and title of the step
.Describe any person who has helped you to see yourself more clearly and objectively in your process of recovery and of life.
.what qualities would you like to have in a sponsor?
.Describe who you have chosen to be your sponsor and how they reacted when you approached them.
I admit to God, to myself, and to another human being the exact nature of my wrongs.