12 Step
A widely used treatment tool to help people understand the journey into, during, and after recovery.
What is 12 Step Recovery?
A limit, line not to be crossed.
What is a boundary?
Medications like buprenorphine, methadone, naloxone, acamprosate, and naltrexone are used to withdrawal symptoms, reduce alcohol and drug cravings, and some prevent return to use by blocking the effects of certain drugs.
What is medication assisted recovery?
An emotional, environmental or social situation that drags up memories of drug or alcohol use in the past.
What is a trigger?
Connotes an experience of connection to something larger than you; living everyday life in a reverent and sacred manner.
What is spirituality?
Carrying the message to the addict who still suffers
What is being of service?
The person decides what to let in and what to keep out, is resistant to emotional contagion and manipulation, and is difficult to exploit.
What is a flexible boundary?
Sometimes referred to as ‘self-help’ or ‘support groups’, these support groups are typically community-oriented (meaning they are geographically based in your local area) and meet in person (or, in the age of Coronavirus, online)
What is a mutual aid group?
Triggers related to emotions such as anger, fear, sadness, or boredom.
What is an internal trigger?
A specific system of practices and rituals, based on a belief in a specific divine or superhuman power.
What is religion?
A Senior member of AA or NA who has been in recovery for usually at least a year.
What is a sponsor?
Thoughts or behaviors used as a means to manipulate or control relationships to keep people away.
What is an unhealthy boundary?
A whole-person approach to recovery that targets emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual aspects of wellness and recovery.
What is holistic approach recovery?
Triggers are related to people, places, and things associated with past drug or alcohol use.
What is an external trigger?
A practice that involves focusing or clearing your mind using a combination of mental and physical techniques.
What is meditation?
A meeting where you are comfortable and one you will attend regularly
What is a home group?
Help people define who they are as a way to ensure relationships are safe, supportive and respectful.
What is a healthy boundary?
Strategies to help individuals manage their drug use to minimize harmful consequences (e.g., overdose, sexually transmitted infections)
What is managed use model? (harm reduction)
Activities and habits that can lead to relapse in recovery.
What is a behavioral trigger?
A mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations.
What is mindfulness?
Members celebrate sobriety by giving time, energy and money in support of carrying the AA/NA message.
What is passing the basket?
Closed or walled off so nobody can get close to them, either physically or emotionally. This is often the case if someone has been physically, emotionally or psychologically abused
What is a rigid boundary?
Provided by individuals who have had substance use disorder and then found and sustained long-term recovery.
What is peer based support?
Negative thoughts and beliefs that can lead to relapse in recovery.
What is psychological triggers?
Achieving the cessation of suffering (enlightenment, nirvana); see reality for what it is; uproot the mental defilements.
What is Buddhism?