Recovery Terms
What is called when you resume drug use or drinking after a period of abstinence.
Relapse
What is the most common emotion that can trigger a relapse?
Anger
What is the stated in most 12 step meetings and widely taken as a succinct statement of a path to sanity and sobriety
Serenity Prayer
Alcohol affects women quicker than it does men
True
Why are ghosts bad liars?
Because you can see right through them
What are the tools used in recovery to help maintain sobriety
Coping skill
When you pass a certain block or neighborhood where you use to use and you get butterflies in your stomach what is that feeling telling you?
This group supports family members coping with a loved one's addiction
Al-Anon
Music can be both a trigger and a relaxer
What is bigger than you but doesn't weigh anything?
Your shadow
What are the important limits you need to set with family and friends called
Boundaries
Playing the tape all the way through before you act or make a decision is called what
Consequential thinking
What is the disorder called when you have experienced something traumatic and without proper treatment it can lead to relapse and other issues
PTSD
LSD was originally developed as an animal tranquilizer
How do you make seven an even number?
Take out the S
Unhealthy emotional or psychological reliance on another person, place, or institution
This is a reason or explanation put forward to defend or justify a fault or offense and you need to be honest about these in order to prevent relapse
Excuses
How many total beds are there at Elev8?
75
30% of intravenous drug users contract Hep C
False - 60-80%
This belongs to you, but everyone else uses it
Your name
An irreversible syndrome inherited by children exposed to alcohol consumption by the mother during pregnancy. This syndrome is characterized by physical and mental birth defects
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Our brains learn new patterns by ___________ and ___________
Repetition and Reward
What is the difference between confidence and cockiness?
Confidence - internal validation/humility
Cocky - external validation/"i got this"
Depression is the most commonly diagnosed mental heath issue
False - Anxiety
The more you take the more you leave behind - What am I?
Footsteps