Recovery
12-Step Meetings such as AA, NA, Al-Anon; SMART Recovery, Celebrate Recovery, and Regeneration are examples of ________ groups.
What is support.
Give 3 examples of external triggers.
What are people, places, and things. Can be pretty much anything.
SIGNS that people often ignore which in hindsight could have indicated a relapse, an abusive relationship, etc. (Begins with a color)
What are Red Flags?
One way to cope is to _______ yourself from the stressor.
What is remove/distance?
True or False: Testing yourself by going to the liquor store, by hanging out with people using drugs or alcohol, etc. is a good way to make you stronger.
What is False
Holding onto anger and refusing to forgive someone for a wrongdoing is called _____________.
What is Resentment.
Two common types (categories) of triggers are External and __________.
What are internal triggers?
Being OK with life on life's terms; willing to tolerate any situation.
"_______" is the answer to all my problems today.
What is Acceptance?
This coping skill comes naturally, we just have to pay attention to it.
What is breathing?
True or False: Having a using dream about using drugs or alcohol means that you are destined to relapse.
What is False.
This involves writing out the things you are thankful for.
What is a gratitude list?
You should "H.A.L.T." when you feel triggered, and check for these feelings.
What is Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired?
Some people use emotions to make their decisions while others use logic or reason. DBT _____-mind, uses a little of each.
What is Wise-mind?
Physical activity that can improve sleep, increase energy, reduce stress and anxiety, improve well-being, and increase mental alertness.
What is exercise?
True or False: It is best to keep using thoughts, dreams, cravings, to yourself because talking about them will make them worse.
What is False
These are the methods used to tolerate and deal with difficult or stressful situations.
What are coping skills?
What is dopamine?
What is Mindfulness?
A practice using techniques – such as mindfulness – to train attention and awareness, and achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm, and stable state.
What is meditation?
True or False: It is possible to have withdrawal symptoms for up to two years after you stop using drugs or alcohol.
What is True. Bonus points if you can tell us the name of the phenomenon.
This is the stage in the process of changing a behavior where people are aware of a problem and are thinking about how to overcome it. However, they have not yet made a commitment to take action. Stage one is precontemplation, stage two is ___________, stage three is preparation, stage four is action, stage five is maintenance.
What is the contemplation stage?
A sight or image that can prompt someone to use drugs or alcohol again by activating a subconscious response in the brain.
What is a visual trigger?
"What fires together wires together" is an example of _______________. One of the terms we hope that you will become very familiar with in outpatient. Your brain is malleable and changes with what you repeatedly do or think.
What is Neuroplasticity.
DBT "TIP" skills include _________ ________, intense exercise and paced breathing"
(Hint: starts with T)
temperature change
True or False: The odds of maintaining sobriety are the same for people who willingly go to rehab as they are for people who are court-ordered to go to rehab.
What is True