Recovery
Binge drinking is more common in this gender.
Male
Name 2 coping strategies you use to cope with stress.
Good job!
Identify and describe three of your triggers.
Good Job!
The return of a disease or the signs and symptoms of a disease after a period of improvement.
IOP stands for what?
Intensive Out-Patient Treatment
The condition of being dependent on a particular substance, thing, or activity.
Addiction
Three things to alleviate stress?
Acceptable answers: Meditation, sports, dancing, reading, prayer, painting, yoga, (any activity that has a calming effect on a person)
Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired
H.A.L.T.
An action plan designed to motivate and guide a person toward a change and preventing relapse.
Relapse Prevention Plan
Needing to drink more to experience the same effect.
What is tolerance
Who founded AA?
Dr. Bob and Bill Wilson
List three people you can talk to when you are struggling.
Family members, Sober Friends, A Sponsor, A Therapist, A Doctor, AA/NA Members
What is the biggest trigger for most relapses?
Stress
Describe three catastrophic events that could lead to relapse justifications.
End of a relationship, Injury, Illness, Loss of a job, Death, Anniversary, Divorce
We admitted we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable.
Step 1
With continued substance abuse the brain will stop producing this brain chemical that enables pleasure.
What is Dopamine
Occurs when alcohol concentration in the blood reaches near-critical levels.
What is alcohol poisoning
How do you calm a triggered person?
How do you calm a triggered person?
Thinking about people, places, and things you used with, Glamorizing your past use, Lying, Hanging out with old using friends, Fantasizing about using, Thinking about relapsing, Planning your relapse around other people's schedules
Mental Relapse
This chapter starts with: Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path.
What is Chapter 5.
Overdoses caused by _________ are more common than heroin and cocaine overdoses combined.
painkillers
This mindfulness activity has been scientifically proven to increase positive moods, and help with emotional regulation, when practiced daily.
Meditation
You are at an event and get triggered. What are three things you should do after you recognize a trigger?
Call a friend/sponsor, leave the event, go to a meeting, have a safe ride, use coping skills, verbalize the trigger
Showering, eating healthy, exercising, attending doctor's appointments are all examples of what.
Self-care/Health maintenance
More people receive treatment for ________ than any other substance.
Alcohol
In addition to attending treatment and participating in wrap-around services (skill-building, therapy, psychiatry, etc.), is beneficial to a recovering alcoholics in order to receive support in their community and meet others in recovery.
What are meetings
Identify one coping skill/calming activity/positive act in each element of health of the SPIES acronym.
reminder: Spiritual, Physical, Intellectual, Emotional, Social
Good Job!
Anything that provokes a memory or impulse to resume using drugs or alcohol, especially for a person who is in recovery or has completed a substance abuse treatment program.
What is a Trigger
The BIG 3 to avoid in order to prevent relapse.
People, places, and things
The principle or practice of complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks.
"Teetotalism"