Coping Skills
An invisible line that defines what behaviors are acceptable for an individual.
Boundaries
HALT
Hungry Angry Lonely Tired
The chemical of desire that always asks for more - more stuff, more stimulation, and more surprises.
Dopamine
A person's diminished response to a drug, which occurs when the drug is used repeatedly.
Tolerance
A stimulus that elicits a reaction
Trigger
Awareness of present-moment experiences without judging or reacting to them.
Mindfulness.
KISS
Keep it simple, stupid.
Of 25% or 75%, this is closest to the number of people being treated for SUD who also have a mental health disorder such as anxiety or depression.
75%
A powerful desire for something
Craving
A sustained deterioration in someone's state of recovery or health after a temporary improvement.
Relapse
The capacity to withstand or to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.
Resilience
They keep us sick.
Our secrets
A defense mechanism in which a person is faced with a fact that is too uncomfortable to accept and rejects it instead.
Denial
The unpleasant physical reaction that accompanies the process of ceasing to take an addictive drug.
Withdrawal
Three major factors that must be changed in sobriety.
People, places, things.
People that know and care about you.
Support system
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, etc.
The Serenity Prayer
Exaggerated or irrational thought patterns involved in the onset or perpetuation of unhealthy states, such as depression and anxiety; thoughts that cause individuals to perceive reality inaccurately.
Cognitive Distortions
A chronic, relapsing disorder characterized by compulsive substance use or behavior despite negative consequences
Addiction
The number one cause of relapse, according to some; aka "The Number One Offender"
Resentment
Being unwaveringly honest with yourself, with your higher power, and other people, surrendering the outcome.
Rigorous Honesty
The pace at which we are suggested to live life.
One day at a time.
The instinctive physiological response to a threatening situation, which readies one either to resist forcibly or to run away.
Fight or flight
A persistent occurrence of withdrawal symptoms that can last for months after a person gets sober
PAWS
"One is to many and a thousand___________."
Is never enough