The 3 stages of relapse
What is emotional, mental, and physical relapse?
Relapse is a process, it's not an event
What is true?
Gives you too much time to be with your own thoughts
What is isolation and boredom?
This is the thought or belief that someone doesn't have a problem
Denial
There are this many stages of change.
What is five?
You are not thinking about using but your emotions and behaviors are setting you up for a possible relapse in the future.
What is emotional relapse?
Signs of emotional relapse are also the symptoms of PAWS (Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome)
What is true?
Anxiety, irritability, mood swings, poor sleep may be examples of _________________.
What are withdrawal symptoms?
Occurs when a person's use of alcohol or another substance leads to health issues, impairment in daily life or noticeable distress
What is substance problem/issue?
True or False: The first stage of change is the precontemplation stage.
What is true?
self care is a part of this stage
What is emotional relapse?
The key to relapse prevention is to understand that it happens gradually
What is true?
Are social, environmental or emotional that remind people in recovery of their past drug or alcohol use.
What is a trigger?
Relapse can be defined as...
What is a setback?
What is part of the process?
What is something we learn from?
In what stage do you "know your destination and how to get there, but are not yet ready to go"?
What is the contemplation stage?
There is a war going on in your mind, part of you wants to use, but part of you doesn't.
What is mental relapse?
Bargaining, lying, seeing old friends and minimizing the consequences are a part of physical relapse.
What is false (mental)
Distracting yourself, talking to someone, learning to ask for help, practicing honesty can be examples of ________________.
What are important/coping skills for relapse prevention?
Glamorizing your past use is an example of what kind go relapse?
Mental
True or false: The Preparation Stage is the 4th stage of change?
False, it is the 3rd.
Fantasizing about using, lying, looking for opportunities to use
What is mental relapse?
Relapse prevention involves focusing on the early stages when it's still easier to do something
What is true?
To maintain your sobriety, you need to be able to recognize and identify this
What is personal triggers?
H.A.L.T. stands for __________________.
What is Hungry, Angry, Lonely, and Tired?
Name all the stages of change.
What are precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance?