Relapse
What are two early warning signs of relapse?
What are isolating, becoming dishonest, irritable, over confidence in one's recovery, falling out of healthy habits, change in attitude, substance abuse, or increase stress?
You develop this to help you identify triggers and have a plan in place for when you notice early warning signs of mental health relapse.
What is relapse prevention plan?
What does addiction mean?
the fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance, thing, or activity.
True or False: It is possible to predict a relaspse?
True: identifying early warning signs can help predict relapse.
This is the thought or belief that someone doesn't have a problem
Denial
What is two consequences of relaspe?
What are jail, hospitalization, relationship loss, job loss, and financial problems.
What are triggers?
cues that can cause urges and cravings.
What is anxiety?
feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.
True or False: Relapse and symptoms will look the same for everyone
False; everyone's relapse and symptoms will be different for everyone
What is the key to relapse prevention?
to undersand that it happens gradually, identify early warning sign triggers
Name 3 coping skills people use to avoid relapse
Music, walking, talking, exercise
Self-care are important to help reduce relapse symptoms, Name 3 self-care activities?
ADLs, exercise, talking to a support, healthy eating, hyderating, yoga, meditation, deep breathing, bubble bath, naps.
Name 2 ways where you can get help if you feel like you might relapse
Treatment center, therapist, family, friends
True or False: Relapse can occur due to substance abuse, change in medications, stress from life events, and healthy sleeping habits?
False
Relapse is a ______, it's not an event
process, non linear
What does relapse mean?
a decline in someone's state of health after a temporary improvement or partical recovery.
Name 3 important components of a relapse prevention plan.
What is identifying warning signs and triggers, identifying coping skills and supports, and crisis plan.
What is meditation?
This activity has been scientifically shown to help rewire the brain, helping individuals to recover and cope more effectively with symptoms of depression, anxiety, trauma, and substance abuse.
True or False: Being aware of your triggers and symptoms is important as a part of relapse preventation?
True
Identify and describe three triggers
seeing people using, being in places you used or picked up, objects that helped with use such as spoons or needles, hanging out with using frinds, media, etc
Name 3 resources to get help if you feel like your are relapsing.
What is family/friends/supports, therapist, treatment center, support groups, church?
You can go to one of these to be with others in recovery. This can help you to remember that you can get through this. Get other people’s names and numbers to call in case of future cravings and urges. Try to get a positive person to be a temporary sponsor, and eventually try to get a long-term sponsor. Develop a positive social network of people to spend time with that don’t use or commit crimes.
What are self-help or support groups?
Jail, losing friends, losing family, going back into treatment
True or False: Other words for relapse are "dips", "clips" and "blips"?
False
Name 3 potential symptoms of withdrawal
fatigue, restlessness, agitation, irritability, restless legs, insomnia, anxiety, depression, poor appetite, body aches and bone pain, teeth pain, nausea, racing thoughts, runny nose, cold/flu symptoms, chills, sweating