TRIGGERS
This type of trigger includes people, places, and things
Answer: What are external triggers?
A breathing skill using a 4-4-4-4 count
Answer: What is box breathing?
This neurotransmitter spikes during substance use.
Answer: What is dopamine?
Getting paid on Friday can be a ______ situation in recovery.
Answer: What is a high-risk situation?
“I can control it this time” is usually this.
Answer: What is denial?
This trigger involves feelings like anger, loneliness, or boredom
Answer: What are internal triggers?
Naming 5 things you see, 4 you feel, etc. is called this
Answer: What is the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique?
This part of the brain controls decision-making and impulse control.
Answer: What is the prefrontal cortex?
Feeling “I’ve got this, I don’t need support anymore” is called this.
Answer: What is complacency?
Recovery is only about stopping drugs. True or false?
Answer: What is false?
Driving past an old dealer’s house is this type of trigger.
Answer: What is a situational trigger?
Calling someone before acting on an urge is this strategy.
Answer: What is reaching out to support?
Needing more of a substance to get the same effect is called this.
Answer: What is tolerance?
Skipping meetings and isolating are signs of this phase.
Answer: What is the relapse process?
“Once detox is over, I’m fine” ignores this risk.
Answer: What is relapse risk or PAWS?
HALT stands for this acronym.
Answer: What is Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired?
Replacing “I can’t handle this” with “I’ve handled worse” is this skill.
Answer: What is cognitive restructuring or positive self-talk?
PAWS stands for this.
Answer: What is Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome?
The first stage of relapse happens emotionally, not physically.
Answer: What is emotional relapse?
Most relapses happen due to lack of this.
Answer: What are coping skills or support?
The best way to weaken a trigger over time is to do this repeatedly.
Answer: What is practicing coping skills with support?
The opposite of isolation in recovery is this
Answer: What is connection?
Addiction is classified as this type of disease.
Answer: What is a chronic brain disease?
The final stage of relapse involves actual use.
Answer: What is physical relapse?
The opposite of addiction is not sobriety but this.
Answer: What is connection?