Just Another Statistic
It is estimated that this percent of people in need of substance abuse treatment feel they do not have a problem with alcohol or drugs
What is 95%
Many people in early recovery continue to minimize or discount the negative aspects of their use in effort to do this
What is Justify Substance Use
These three factors are the foundation for any treatment involving Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
What are Thoughts, Feelings and Behaviors
Sober support groups encourage members to practice this mindset where individuals will try to find commonality with peers rather than differences
What is Identify
Although not recommended, many people have found sobriety without seeking any type of support group or treatment. Most people who choose this path typically foster a negative opinion about themselves and others. In recovery circles they are known as this
What is Dry Drunk
Statistically speaking, this holiday produces the highest rates of drunk driving arrests and accidents
What is Thanksgiving
When a person enters a detox treatment program for substance abuse, they usually receive medical clearance after this many days.
What is 5-7 days
Foe a person to truly learn from errors of past behaviors they must first process this emotion that people experience when they violate a moral guideline.
What is Guilt
One of the most common, and effective, coping skill a person in early recovery can possess is to string behaviors together on a consistent basis. Also known as this
What is Routine
Many recovery program encourage their members to practice this emotion where they will identify with past and/or current stressors of peers because they have also experienced them in early recovery
What is Sympathy
It is estimated that this many people die each year as a direct result of alcohol abuse
What is 88,000
Many people new to recovery experience an obsession of focus toward people, places and/or objects that were connected to their use. This term is used to identify those factors
What is Relapse Triggers
Many treatment programs and support groups encourage members to avoid practicing this mindset where individuals will search differences between themselves and peers
What is Comparing
Initial perceptions of one self, other people and situations that need to be challenged for validity
This is the only requirement for an individual to meet in order to be a member of Alcoholics or Narcotics Anonymous
What is Possess the desire to stay sober
Based on a 2013 study, it is estimated that this substance is responsible for 26 billion dollars of healthcare revenue
What is Prescription Opiates
In early recovery many people struggle with inconsistent mood and inconsistent concentration. This is due to psychological withdrawal known by this acronym
PAWS
Most CBT modules encourages individuals to practice this emotion where a person demonstrate understanding for another person's experience even if they have never experiences it themselves.
What is Empathy
This skill encourages a mode of thinking where a person will empower themselves to achieve a goal by reviewing past instances of personal success
What is Self-Efficacy
People in early recovery will display characteristics of this psychological theory that is known as "a specific stimulus creates a specific response"
What is Classical Conditioning
It is estimated that approximately this percent of parents talk to their children about the dangers associated with substance abuse
What is 33%
In early recovery it is important to implement change to behaviors that enable substance use. If those behaviors continue they are known as this type of precursor to substance use.
What are Relapse Warning Signs
In effort to change our outlook and perceptions about ourselves and others around us. We must "B" able to challenge their personal opinions that can often be misleading or inaccurate
What are beliefs.
Most people try to get sober by practicing this coping skill where they routinely review their personal failings in sobriety. They identify all their negative characteristics and reasons whey people should dislike them on a daily basis. This skill has been proven to be ineffective.
What is Self-shaming
Most recovery programs encourage people to avoid initiating intimate relationships as it is known by this unofficial passage
What is 13th step