Stress
When people are addicted to alcohol and other drugs, life is very _________.
What is stressful?
A ____________ is something in the world that makes a demand on a person.
What is a stressor?
__________ occur when obstacles block a person from reaching a goal.
What is frustrations?
Strategies to diminish stress from unanticipated situations.
What is calling a sponsor, going to a self-help meeting, exercising, or reading books and etc?
Repression, emotional insulation, intellectualization, and regression.
What is self-defense mechanisms?
Mood-altering drugs can temporarily __________ the level of stress people experience as a result of what is going on around them. However, when that effect wears off, people can feel more stress than they had before.
What is reduce?
Three basic types of stressors:
What is frustrations, pressures, and conflicts?
Stress can come from __________ that force people to achieve specific goals by speeding up, working harder, or changing the way they do something.
What is pressures?
An important part of ___________ is understanding the nature of stressful situations, preparing for them, knowing how long they will last, and knowing what to do when they occur.
What is recovery?
People do not let themselves think about threatening or painful thoughts, feelings, desires, memories, or beliefs.
What is repression?
Managing stress effectively is an important aspect of your ___________ health and well-being.
What is emotional?
_________ is an internal reaction to the demand of the stressor.
What is stress?
People in __________ have external pressures from family, friends and even recovering addicts to stay in touch and to be honest about feelings and emotions.
What is recovery?
AA, NA, HA, CA, CMA, Smart Recovery, Celebrate Recovery.
What are self-help groups?
People who have been disappointed many times will often try not to get too involved with things going on around them in order to keep from being disappointed again.
What is emotional insulation?
Examples of personal strengths in relation to your emotional health.
What is handling stress, working hard, willing to ask for help, and etc?
Give a personal example of a stressor.
What is an external situation and etc?
Stress is sometimes caused by __________.
What is conflicts?
A system to protect yourself from stress.
What is psychological defense system?
The emotional reaction that would normally accompany a painful event is avoided by a seemingly logical explanation that removes the painful feeling of the event.
What is intellectualization?
Examples of personal weaknesses in relation to your emotional health.
What is isolating yourself, not being honest, getting stressed easily, and etc?
Give an example of a reaction to a stressor that would decrease rather than increase stress.
What is getting an unexpected bill in the mail and calling the bill collector and asking to be put on a payment plan vs not contacting at all about it?
People in recovery may experience both _________ and __________ conflicts.
What are internal and external?
Your old defense mechanisms that protected you during active addiction can actually _________ your emotional and psychological growth during recovery.
What is hinder?
People return to old ways of dealing with the world that they have long since outgrown.
What is regression?