Recovery and the 12 Steps
What is the 3rd step?
We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God/a higher power as we understand him.
What does DBT stand for?
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Withdrawal from this substance can cause agitation, sweating, hallucinations, seizures, Elevated blood pressure, tremors and severe confusion.
What is Alcohol?
Each year in the United States, nearly 85,000 people die from this legal drug, making it the fourth leading preventable cause of death in our country.
What is alcohol?
What is the term for when someone is no longer actively using/drinking but still is engaging in the same old behaviors?
Dry Drunk/User
What state and year was AA founded in?
Ohio 1935
What are 4 benefits from having and using healthy coping skills?
Raised Self Esteem, Better Mental Health, Decrease in Cravings/Urges, Better able to deal with Cravings, Better Emotional Management, Healthier relationships
Withdrawal from this substance can cause anxiety, muscle/body aches, insomnia, Flu-like symptoms, sweating and Diarrhea.
What are Opiates?
Abuse of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs is costly to the United States, exacting this amount annually in costs related to crime, lost work productivity and healthcare.
What is 740 Billion?
What are three possible signs that a relapse may be approaching?
Interacting with old using friends, Engaging in cross addiction, Going to old using places, Irritation, Poor emotional control, Isolation, Stop going to meetings/talking to sponsor
Name 4 of the 8 dimensions of wellness
Withdrawal from this drug can cause restless behavior, depressed mood, fatigue, increased appetite, vivid and unpleasant dreams and paranoia and slowed thoughts and movements
What is cocaine?
All or nothing thinking, Magnification/Minimization, jumping to conclusions are all examples of this?
Cognitive Distortions
What are three different types of support group meetings?
NA, AA, CMA, MA, CA, HA, CODA, Celebrate Recovery, Quest 180, SMART Recovery, Moderation Management.
What are three of the four main categories of DBT?
Mindfulness, Emotional Regulation, Interpersonal Communication, Distress Tolerance
What is PAWS?
Post Acute Withdrawal Symptoms
Disrupted sleep, Change in mood, Foggy mind, Irritability
What is the difference between "cross addiction" and "dual diagnoses?"
dual diagnosis generally refers to an individual who has two very different and unrelated psychological disorders.
Cross addiction is when a person has two or more addictive behaviors.
This is call the Parallel Process
The family begins to shift from focusing on the identified patient to recognizing the need for healing within the entire family system . This Parallel Process begins when a client enters residential treatment and the family begins their own treatment process as well.
Withdrawal from this substance can cause headaches, nausea, constipation or diarrhea, falling heart rate and blood pressure, fatigue, drowsiness, insomnia, irritability, difficulty concentrating, and anxiety.
What is nicotine?
This is the leading cause of preventable disease, disability, and death in the United States.
What is Tobacco? (Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse)