Communication Styles
A person using this communication style might avoid asking for help in recovery out of fear of being a burden.
What is passive communication?
These chemical messengers send signals between neurons (nerve cells) and other cells in the body, such as muscle cells and glands.
What are neurotransmitters?
Example of a Cognitive Distortion:
If I don't call my sponsor, then I will have cravings, and then I will relapse, and then I will never be happy again.
What is Catastrophizing?
This term refers to a network of family, friends, and professionals who provide emotional and practical help during recovery.
What is a support system?
Hallucinations and delusions are common symptoms of this disorder
What is schizophrenia?
This skill, essential in assertive communication, involves clearly stating one’s limits without feeling guilty.
What is setting boundaries?
This neurotransmitter, often referred to as the "love hormone," is responsible for feelings of attachment, trust, and intimacy between individuals.
What is Oxcytocin?
This cognitive skill is essential for overcoming cognitive distortions, as it helps individuals examine their automatic thoughts and challenge irrational beliefs.
What is self-awareness (or critical thinking)?
This group, founded in 1935, is one of the most well-known peer support programs for individuals struggling with alcohol use.
What is Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)?
This type of therapy is specifically designed for borderline personality disorder
What is dialectical behavior therapy?
Saying, “Sure, I’ll go to a meeting with you,” but then making excuses to avoid it is an example of this communication style.
What is passive-aggressive communication?
This term describes the brain’s ability to heal and rewire itself after stopping drug use.
What is neuroplasticity?
This cognitive distortion leads someone to believe that since they relapsed once, they might as well give up on recovery altogether.
What is all-or-nothing thinking?
This type of therapy, often used in substance use treatment, focuses on improving relationships and communication patterns within families.
What is Family Therapy?
The ability to accept and manage emotions without reacting impulsively
What is emotional regulation
“I understand that you’re upset, but I need to focus on my sobriety right now” is an example of this communication style.
What is assertive communication?
Heavy substance use can take this many months or years for dopamine levels to return to normal.
What is 1 to 2+ years?
This type of therapy is commonly used to identify and challenge cognitive distortions in substance use treatment.
What is cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)?
Many support systems encourage individuals to build this type of plan, which outlines strategies for handling triggers and preventing relapse.
What is a relapse prevention plan?
What disorder is commonly mistaken as OCD and is characterized by being clean and wanting control over ones environment.
What is obsessive-compulsive personality disorder?
People struggling with substance use may develop this unhealthy pattern of communication where they manipulate or guilt others into enabling their behavior.
What is codependency?
The small gap between neurons where neurotransmitters travel to send messages.
What is the synaptic gap.
In substance use recovery, learning to replace cognitive distortions with more balanced and realistic thoughts is known as this process.
What is cognitive restructuring?
This law protects individuals in recovery from workplace discrimination due to their history of substance use disorder.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
This term refers to the nervous system’s fight, flight, freeze, or fawn response.
What is the autonomic nervous system response?