Relapse Drift
Working an active program that helps you maintain long term sobriety.
What is Recovery?
Reframing thoughts to decrease the intensity of our emotions
What is CBT?
Two ideas can be true at the same time.
What is "Dialectical?
Deeply distressing or disturbing experiences.
What is Trauma?
Relapse is this , not an event
What is a process?
{Preoccupation, Ritual, Acting Out, Consequences
What IS the Addiction cycle
First thoughts that are often extreme/intense
very closely linked to our emotions
What are cognitive distortions?
Accepting self and surroundings, tolerating distressful situations, reduce emotional suffering, Relating to yourself and others in a healthier way.
What are the goals of DBT?
Dialectical-behavioral therapy
Exposure to multiple traumatic events, especially during childhood.
What is "Complex Trauma"?
Lasts up to 2 years after cessation of usage
What is Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS)
Precontemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, Action, Maintainence
What are the 5 stages of change?
Less than perfect outcomes results in failure
What is an example all or nothing thinking?
Accepting reality completely and totally for what it is.
What is Radical Acceptance?
Coping strategies that connect you to reality and here and now.
What is grounding?
Thoughts of the "good old times"
What are Positive recollections?
Attempts to form control over substance use to avoid having to stop entirely.
What is free?
Dwelling on negatives and ignoring the positives?
What is Mental Filtering?
Includes both rational and emotional components
What is your "Wise Mind"?
These are the areas (levels) of human life that are affected by trauma.
Neurological (mind) Physiological(body), psychological and emotional.
To feel better,.Change energy, People,places and things
What are reasons to return to using?
Inner conflict, Denying the connection, Romancing the high, Magical and Circular thinking are examples of thinking.
What are High Risk situations?
Because you feel something is true, then it must be true.
What is Emotional Reasoning?
Understand Emotional Experience, Reduce emotional Vulnerability, and decrease emotional suffering.
What are the goals of Emotional Regulation?
Deep Breathing, and guided imagery
What are grounding techniques?
This is a plan to limit the damage of a slip or relapse
designed before you leave treatment.
What is a Crisis intervention plan