Recovery
Refraining from all mood altering substances.
What is sobriety/abstinence?
Process that allows you to sit still, clear your mind and focus on breathing.
What is meditation?
A special person that helps you work through the Steps and keeps you accountability in your recovery?
What is a sponsor?
Mental/physical skills used to enhance recovery.
What are meditation and exercise?
The quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness.
What is gratitude?
The process by which the body rids itself of drugs
What is detox/withdrawal?
Anger, humor, diversion, blaming, excuse making, denial, compromising
What are defense mechanisms?
"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."
What is the Serenity Prayer?
Information or an emergency kit to help an individual from using again.
What is a relapse prevention plan?
They help us manage our emotions related to difficult times to improve emotional health and help us grow as people.
What are Coping Skills?
People, places or things that cause people to have thoughts associated with substance abuse. Can be internal and external.
What are triggers?
Feelings of worry, racing thoughts and restlessness.
What is anxiety?
"Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity."
What is Step Two?
Meaning of the acronym MAT
What is Medication Assisted Treatment
Give the means to do something. (Ex: making excuses or giving money)
What is enabling?
This increases as you continue to use/drink, requiring you to need more of your substance to feel the same high, often causes the inability to return to former levels of use.
What is tolerance?
Feelings of extreme sadness, shame, guilt and/or thoughts of hopelessness, and excessive sleep.
What is depression?
"We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable."
What is Step One?
An evidenced based technique proven affective for managing depression.
What is cognitive behavioral therapy?
The ability to overcome a difficulty or bounce back.
What is resiliency?
A strong desire. The thought or emotion that feels like you're being pulled, equated with urges.
What are cravings?
A negative experience that has an impact on a person, experienced as a child.
What is childhood trauma?
The chemical in our brains that plays a major role in substance abuse and addiction.
What is dopamine?
Name 3 of the 5 levels of care offered by WisHope.
What are Residential (RES), Partial Hospitalization (PHP), Intensive Outpatient (IOP), Outpatient (OP), Individual (IND)?
Person who is proud of you!
Who is Jessi?