Maintaining Recovery
Difference between recovery and Sobriety
sober is removing the substance
recovery is working a spiritual program that elicits change and looking at ourselves.
Also known as Marshall Mathers
April 20, 2008, 11 years sober EMINEM
To politely yet firmly stand up for yourself when facing a trigger or difficult situation is called this.
What is assertiveness?
_______ before personalities
What is principles
People, Places, or Things that cause people to have thoughts associated with substance abuse.
What are triggers
What does FEAR stand for?
False evidence appearing real.
DAILY DOUBLE
Tony Stark
Who is Robert Downy Jr.
_________ is a cause of addiction (name 1).
What is: genetics, mental health disorders, and environmental factors (chaotic home life, parents' drug abuse, peers)
Just for ______
Today
You may have went backwards a little bit but still you didn't completely relapse
What is a setback or a lapse. Not to be confused with relapse.
(Explain lapse and relapse. "Do not shoot your wounded." Support meetings, detaching from shame)
Name 4 different types of support groups for recovery
CA, AA, NA, CR, Church groups, SMART recovery
Quite the pothead in Pineapple express
James Franco
____ is the most consumed addictive substance in the US.
Alcohol
Do the next "________ ________"
What is right thing
Relapse is a process T/F
True;
3 Stages
Emotional (bottling up feelings etc..)
>Mental (not working on emotions)
>Physical (The actual act of use.)
Name 3 important things to include in your relapse prevention plan.
Phone list, self-care, triggers list, escape plan, consequences of use, mantra, etc.
A long-haired funny brit
Russell Brand
17 years
What percentage of Americans with addiction seek treatment?
10%
DAILY DOUBLE
To keep it, you have to ____ _____ _____
What is give it away
Name 5 things you can do to get out of the emotional stage of the pre relapse process.
<Meditation, call someone, go to a meeting, play the tape through, cook, clean, get busy, call therapist, journal, write down feelings and address whether they are feeling or fact, use a mantra while deep
breathing. IT IS IMPORTANT TO TEST OUT MANY METHODS TO FIND OUT WHAT WORKS FOR YOU, RECOVERY IS NOT LINEAR.
How long does a craving generally last.
Between 2 and 15 minutes.
The answer can be 2 OR 15 minutes.
Sir Hannibal
Anthony Hopkins
45 years
Drugs alter the brain's ______ causing euphoria and flooding it with dopamine.
What is reward circuit? (Pleasure pathways)
We are only as ______ as our _____
What is We are only as sick as our secrets
This categorizes and includes all that is most important in your life and what you care about the most, and what has the most worth to you
What is Values
the state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs, or attitudes, especially as relating to behavioral decisions and attitude change. Example: "I smoke but smoking is bad and can cause cancer."
People will start to modify there cognitions and rationalize and or deny cognitions.
This thinking is dangerous.
As soon as attitudes and behaviors do not align that is when we have cognitive dissonance.
(Attitudes save our behavior)