Preventing Relapse
True or False: Relapse begins when you use alcohol or drugs.
False.
What is the oldest known intoxicating substance used specifically for recreational purposes dating back to biblical times?
Alcohol
A strong, addictive urge that can cause relapse if you are not careful.
Craving
This is when you need more of a substance to get the same effect.
Tolerance
What does CBT stand for?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
What is it called when you get a thought or craving to use?
Trigger
What is the class of drugs developed to relieve physical pain, but are now often abused to treat emotional pain?
Opioids/Opiates
What is it called when you go a bit backwards but do not completely relapse?
Setback
What is it called when someone refuses to admit they have a problem?
Denial
CBT focuses on how feelings, thoughts, and _________ are interrelated.
Behaviors
What are 3 areas of your life that you avoid to prevent relapse?
People, places, and things.
What substance is the number one killer of all addictive substances?
Tobacco
What kind of trigger is it when you encounter peers that want you to use with them?
Social pressure
Ninety percent of alcohol users do this, while only thirty percent of the rest of the population does.
Use tobacco/nicotine
What is another name for antecedent?
Trigger
What is it called when your reasons for changing are for a reward or outside gain instead of for your own happiness and well-being?
Extrinsic or external motivation
What substance is considered both a stimulant and hallucinogen?
Ecstacy or MDMA
Without this, it may be difficult to overcome a challenge because it is difficult to do alone.
Support
What two substances have the most dangerous withdrawal?
Benzodiazepines and alcohol
What is an internal trigger?
A trigger having to do with thoughts and feelings.
Name the three stages of relapse?
Emotional, mental, and physical.
Stimulants can induce a mental state of hallucinations and extreme paranoid delusions called what?
Psychosis
What does HALT stand for?
Hungry, angry, lonely, tired.
What are the 3 of the 5 stages of change?
Precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance.
What does STORC stand for?
Situation, thoughts, organic (all-natural) feelings, reactions, and consequences.