Relationships and Communication
The limits and rules we set for ourselves within relationships, which should be based on our values and what is important to us.
What are Boundaries?
Taking time to focus on your own physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual wellbeing.....these are all practices of _________.
Self-care
Reflecting on people, places, and things that can remind us of past drug use or urges to emotionally react is a way to identify:
What are Triggers?
True or false: Forgiveness is something you do for the other person.
Take A Stand
True or false: Addiction is caused by a single gene
False
An excessive emotional or psychological reliance on a partner, typically one who requires support on account of an illness or addiction.
What is Codependency?
This recovery program focuses on using a evidence-based tools to empower people with addictions
What is SMART recovery?
A technique used to ride out urges to use or react emotionally instead of acting upon them.
What is Urge Surfing?
A healthy emotion described as feeling bad about a specific action or behavior.
What is Guilt?
Practicing empathy, admitting your mistakes, learning to communicate effectively, and engaging in rituals of connection (among others) are ways to _______ ____ in a relationship.
What is rebuilding trust?
When a person consistently prioritizes the needs and desires of others, often at the expense of their own, in an attempt to gain approval and avoid conflict, they are engaging in ________.
What is People Pleasing?
This is the first of 12 steps in AA
What is "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable."?
This DBT skill involves intentionally doing the opposite of an instinctual emotional urge in order to regulate emotions and engage in healthier behaviors.
What is Opposite Action?
This condition presents with symptoms such as low mood, loss of interest or pleasure, frequent fatigue, and lack of concentration.
What is Depression?
This model explains addiction and mental health as influenced by biological, psychological, and social factors.
What is the Biopsychosocial Model?
Owning up to your behavior without blaming others is the antidote to one of these four horsemen.
What is Defensiveness?
Taking responsibility, expressing genuine remorse, and making amends are all part of this process.
What is genuinely apologizing?
Name two techniques used in the ACCEPTS skill acronym to distract yourself from distressing emotions.
What are Activities, Contributing, Comparisons, Emotions, Pushing Away, Thoughts, or Sensations?
The state in which you feel bad about yourself as a person. One way to address this is by exercising self-compassion.
What is Shame?
Having to take more of a substance to get high.
Tolerance
This horseman is characterized by showing anger, disgust, or hostility toward your partner.
What is contempt?
Factors that contribute to resiliency in the face of life’s challenges and minimize the risk of mental health difficulties and relapse are known as:
Protective factors
What is a technique that involves changing the way one interprets a situation to view it in a more balanced or rational way, in an attempt to challenge negative thought patterns?
What is Cognitive Restructuring?
A term best described as having bitter indignation at being treated unfairly or unkindly. It can lead to ill-will, animosity towards others, and feelings of jealousy and envy.
What is Resentment?
This model explains how thoughts, behaviours, and feelings interact and affect one another.
What is the Cognitive Model?