Triggers
What type of trigger comes from inside yourself rather than your environment?
Internal Triggers
What relapse prevention technique compares cravings to ocean waves that rise, peak, and eventually fall?
Urge Surfing or Riding the Wave
Seeing only the worst possible outcomes of a situation.
Catastrophizing
The rates of heart disease, stroke, HIV, Hepatitis, and mental disorders move in this direction when addiction is also present
Increase, Go Up, or Get Worse
What is the largest organ in the human body?
True or False:
Stress is considered one of the most common relapse triggers.
True
This coping skill involves taking slow, deep breaths to calm your body's stress response.
Deep Breathing (Diaphragmatic Breathing)
Thinking in absolutes such as “always,” “never,” or “every.” “I never do a good enough job on anything.”
All-or-Nothing Thinking
Whatever the substance is, once addiction to that substance occurs for long enough this important organ drastically changes the way it functions.
Brain
How many continents are there?
Seven
Someone drives past the bar they used to drink at every day after work. What type of trigger is this?
External Trigger
This coping skill involves focusing your attention on what is happening right now without judging it.
Mindfulness
Interpreting the meaning of a situation with little or no evidence.
Jumping to Conclusions
This neurotransmitter is closely linked to the mind's reward system and is commonly associated with pleasure and reinforcement.
Dopamine
How many hearts does an octopus have?
Three Hearts
What written document identifies triggers, warning signs, coping skills, and support people?
Relapse Prevention Plan
Which coping skill is considered one of the most effective protective factors against relapse because it combines planning for triggers, identifying warning signs, listing coping strategies, and identifying support people?
A Relapse Prevention Plan
The assumption that emotions reflect the way things really are. “I feel like a bad friend, therefore I must be a bad friend.”
Emotional Reasoning
This highly advanced and complex area of the human brain is associated with decision-making and impulse control, and is strongly impacted by addiction and intoxication.
Prefrontal Cortex
What is the largest ocean on earth?
The Pacific Ocean
What does the acronym HALT stand for
Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired
This coping skill encourages you to focus your attention on physical sensations, such as your breathing or your feet on the floor, to reduce emotional distress.
Grounding
Recognizing only the negative aspects of a situation while ignoring the positive. You might receive many compliments on an evaluation, but focus on the single piece of negative feedback.
Disqualifying the Positive
Repeated substance use causes the brain to adapt by becoming less responsive to the drug's effects. What is this process called?
Tolerance
How many bones does an adult human have?
206