Staying Steady
This acronym reminds us to check if we are Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired.
What is HALT?
A tight chest, clenched jaw, sweating, or racing heart can be examples of these physical warning signs.
What is stress? or What are somatic symptoms?
Thoughts, feelings, and behaviors make up this three-part CBT tool.
What is the Cognitive Triangle?
A healthy limit that protects your time, emotions, safety, and recovery is called this.
What is a boundary? Self care
This type of relapse can begin with poor self-care, isolation, bottled-up emotions, or increased stress.
What is emotional relapse?
Name one grounding technique that uses your five senses to bring you back to the present moment.
What is the 5-4-3-2-1 technique?
The original hurt, disappointment, fear, or stressful event is called this.
What is primary pain?
“If I make one mistake, my whole recovery is ruined” is an example of this type of thinking.
What is all-or-nothing thinking?
“No, I'm not using anymore. Please don't offer me that again” is an example of this recovery communication skill.
What is a refusal script? WHAT IS NO?
Romanticizing past use, thinking about using, or planning how you could use can indicate this stage of relapse.
What is mental relapse?
This breathing technique involves breathing in, holding, breathing out, and holding for equal counts.
What is box breathing?
Beating yourself up, panicking, or adding negative thoughts to an already painful situation creates this.
What is secondary suffering?
Assuming you know what someone thinks about you without asking is an example of this thinking error.
What is jumping to conclusions?
Calling a sponsor, counselor, trusted family member, or recovery friend instead of isolating is an example of doing this.
What is building/using support?
Warning signs, coping tools, supportive people, and emergency contacts should be written in this recovery document.
What is a personal safety/relapse prevention plan?
People, places, things, thoughts, and feelings that increase the desire to use are called these.
What are triggers?
This skill means noticing an uncomfortable feeling without immediately judging it, escaping it, or trying to numb it.
What is mindful observation? paying attention
Believing the worst possible thing is definitely going to happen is called this.
What is catastrophizing?
True or False: Setting a boundary means you have to be rude or disrespectful.
What is false?
Sleep, meals, exercise, meetings, appointments, and purposeful activities should be included when creating this.
What is a daily recovery schedule/routine?
This technique teaches us to imagine a craving as a wave that rises, peaks, and eventually comes down.
What is urge surfing?
True or False: Having an uncomfortable emotion means you have to act on it.
What is false?
Replacing “I can't handle this” with “This is difficult, but I can use my coping skills” is an example of this skill.
What is reframing?
Removing substances, paraphernalia, and other high-risk reminders from your living space is called this.
What is a home audit? REMOVE THE BAD STUFF
Moving from PHP to IOP while continuing treatment, coping skills, meetings, and recovery supports is known as this.
TRANSITIONING, What is step-down/transition planning?