Vocab
To make recovery work, we have to quit using and stop committing crimes. This is called?
Abstinence
Plan ahead to avoid boredom and loneliness. When we've got nothing to do, we are more tempted to commit crimes or use alcohol or other drugs.
True
Unhealthy core beliefs
Distorted thinking
Negative emotions
Positive emotions
Tests of personal control
____ ____ ____ include changes in out behavior, attitudes, feelings, and thoughts.
Relapse warning signs
This writing exercise can help us sort our our thoughts, feelings, behavior, core beliefs, alternative thoughts, alternative behaviors thinking distortions, thinking patterns, and tactics.
Thinking Report
A person with an addiction replaces their drug of choice with a different drug or behavior, then develops a new addiction.
Cross-addiction
Internal triggers include people, places, things, and situations that spark a craving to go back to criminal behavior or using alcohol or other drugs.
False
What are some positive ways to manage conflict?
Be an active listener, Use 'I' Statements, Ask questions
Negative core beliefs can lead to ______ ______.
Distorted thinking
List 5 consequences of relapse.
Stronger cravings, hurt people who care about us, lose self confidence, return to chronic substance use or criminal behavior, lose ability to make good decisions, slip into distorted and unhealthy thinking, incarceration, hurt ourselves, make mental or physical condition worse, spend money we needed for something else
An urge we feel that causes us to think about using alcohol or other drugs, or doing something illegal.
Craving
We can be assertive without being aggressive.
True
What are some negative core beliefs?
There's no getting ahead in this world, why bother?
Authority figures are all against me.
Why bother making friends, they never like me.
Nothing I do is good enough.
I deserve special treatment
______ wellness is about having a sense of purpose and meaning in our lives.
Spiritual
Another word for thinking ahead.
Proactive thinking
Any situation in which we are strongly tempted to use substances or commit a crime.
High Risk Situation
Our recovery is the most important thing in our lives right now.
What is each part of the Wellness Wheel?
Social, Emotional, Spiritual, Intellectual, Physical, Environmental, Financial, Occupational
Change your ____ and ___ to make sure you don't encounter triggers.
Routine and route
Name 3 other triggers.
Success at our job, high stress lifestyle, perfectionism, family who are not abstinent, difficulty planning free time, difficulty managing stress or anxiety, difficulty solving problems, getting overwhelmed
Thinking of our feelings as facts, such as convincing ourselves that someone stopped hanging out with us in order to hurt us, when in reality we were just disappointed that the person has something come up that required an early departure.
Emotional Reasoning
Triggers always lead to relapse.
False
Things to do if we relapse?
1. Stop and remove yourself from the situation
2. Ask for help
3. Stay calm and forgive yourself
4. Renew your commitment to abstinence
5. Analyze your relapse
6. Make an immediate plan for recovery
Thoughts and feelings aren't the only internal triggers that lead to cravings and relapse. There are also ____ problems, ______ problems, and _______ _____ problems.
Physical, Emotional, Mental Health
Name 3 ways to manage sleeplessness and fatigue during recovery.