Recovery
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Name a coping skill that releases endorphins?
What is Exercise.
Gives you too much time to be with your own thoughts
isolation and boredom
Our brain learns by _________ and _________
Repetition and reward
Communication, Trust, Healthy Boundaries, and safety are all signs of what
What is a Healthy Relationship
The use of medications in combinations with counseling and behavioral therapies, which is effective in the treatment of opioid use disorders and can help some people sustain recovery.
What's Medication-assisted treatment (MAT)
Used to combat Heroin/Opiate Overdose
What is Narcan
Which music artist has album covers named as Relapse and Recovery?
Eminem
What are three people/places that you can go to get support in your recovery?
Healthy family, Healthy friends, Community Events (church, 12-step meetings, etc.), Sponsors, Mental Health Professionals, your Primary Care Doctor
Drugs cause this chemical in your brain to release more than normal amounts
What is Dopamine
Alcoholic Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, and Gambler's Anonymous are all examples of programs with this type of format that can support you in recovery.
What are the 12-Step Fellowships
What does the acronym HALT stand for?
Hungry, Angry, Lonely, and Tired.
This act helps a person handle urges through going through consequences?
What's playing the tape through.
Exposure to ________ is associated with drug addiction in humans and can induce relapse and craving.
What is Stress
An ability to recognize and accept intense emotions, such as anger, and frustration, without feeling the need to reaction an extreme or impulsive way.
What is Distress Tolerance
Meditation, Mindfulness, Exercise, therapy, calling a sober friend, and thinking of consequences are all examples of this useful tool in recovery
What is a coping skill
This concept teaches individuals to become more self-aware
Whats mindfulness mediation
Stress Disorder after a Traumatic Event is known as
What is PTSD
One of the most common & effective coping skills a person in early recovery can develop is, this string of behaviors characterized by "a sequence of actions regularly followed"...
Routine or structure
The withdrawal from these two substances can be fatal
What is Alcohol and Benzos
The limits of appropriate behavior between people
What are Boundaries
Process in which the body rids itself of a drug
What is Detoxification
Name three types of triggers and an example of each
Social (seeing an old friend who you used to buy drugs from),
Emotional (intense feelings, depression, exhaustion, stress, etc)
Environmental (going to a party or driving by the location of a triggering event)
A____ is always necessary for an individual to take control of their future sobriety and avoid future relapse.
What is a Relapse Prevention Plan
Being able to recognise, label, and adjust your emotions
What's emotional regulation
Internal mental filters or biases that increase our misery, fuel our anxiety, and make us feel bad about ourselves.
What are Cognitive Distortions