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Another name for Responsible Thinking Filters
What is positive self talk?
Another name for Thinking Error Filters
What is negative self talk?
This is when a sender transfers a message containing information to a reciever.
What is communication?
This is anything that can lead a person to want to use a substance or return to an old behavior.
What is a trigger?
Family, money, spirituality, freedom, love, relationships, recovery, stability
What are values?
This person chooses to not make decisions and allow others to make choices for them.
What is an Inactive Decision Maker?
This person thinks before acting and uses the 7 steps to decision making.
What is a proactive decision maker?
What is a reactive decision maker?
This is what you do if you get too hungry, angry, lonely or tired.
What is HALT?
"I can control my use."
"I deserve a drink after a long day at work."
"I should be able to have fun like other people."
What are irrational thoughts about addiction?
Feelings, thoughts or emotions that may lead a person to want to use a substance?
Something a person does repeatedly without any conscious thought.
What is a habit?
Things in the environment, on tv, other people are examples of this.
What are external triggers?
A decision that may appear harmless at the time but can lead you closer to high risk situations.
What are Seemingly Unimportant Decisions/Seemingly Irrelevant Decisions?
An impulse to satisfy a craving
What is an urge?
Any difference between 2 people.
What is a conflict?
A conversation, talking, or sharing ideas can be considered this
What is dialog?
The 7 most common high risk situations
What are negative emotions, negative physical states, enhancement of positive emotions, testing personal control, urges and cravings, conflict and social pressure?
Often experienced after giving in to an urge when a person feels guilt and may think "I've messed up now, I might as well just keep going."
What is the Abstinence Violation Effect?
When a person stops doing things for his/her recovery and starts doing things that do not support recovery.
What is a Relapse Warning Sign?
A process or getting your life back and doing positive things to make sure you stay healthy and safe.
What is recovery?
Feeling sorry for yourself or being a victim thinking i.e. PLOM
What is "poor little old me?"
Social Support, Diversions, Building new habits, prevention (planning) and managing emotions to maitain abstinece.
What are coping sills to manage high risk situations?
Learning the mood swing, seeking the mood swing, harmful dependence, and using to feel normal are that happen in the progression of addiction.
What are the 4 phases/stages of addicion?
Primary, Progressive, Chronic and Fatal
What are the 4 characteristics of the disease of addiction?