Relapse Prevention
Name any 2 coping skills
What are Mindfulness, meditation, self care, exercise, relaxation techniques, reading,
spending time with friends, hobbies, spirituality
....or Name your own
For the best chance of staying sober, what is the MINIMUM length of time a person should stay in treatment
What is 90 days?
Just for.....
What is Today?
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference.
What is the Serenity Prayer?
Daily Triple!!
This relapse prevention technique involves thinking about the consequences and what can happen if you make the decision to use.
What is playing the tape through?
True or false, relapse is only physical?
What is false?
One day...
What is at a time?
Founder of A.A who had a spiritual experience while hospitalized and quit drinking. The subject of a movie in 1989 and a 2012 Documentary
Who is Bill W.?
3 common triggers, they are also the 3 things you can change to avoid relapse.
What are People, Places, Things?
A regular reoccurrence of use after a period of sobriety where someone falls into the same problems and situations they had before sobriety?
What is a relapse?
Daily Double!!!
KISS
What is Keep it Simple Stupid?
Daily Triple!!!
What are the 3 most used legal drugs in the world?
Nicotine Caffeine, and Alcohol
Giving yourself permission to use or looking for an excuse to use again.
What is a Relaspe Justification?
Daily Double
A one time or short time use.
What is a lapse?
It works.....
What is if you work it.
Refusing to admit the truth about addiction and its consequences to ourselves. Or a river in Egypt.
What is Denial?
Daily Double
a powerful desire to use substances often perceived as an impulse
What is a Craving?
Physical or emotional symptoms experienced after detoxification that relate to the "bodily healing" from substance abuse after withdrawal?
What is Post Acute Withdrawal Symptoms or (PAWS)
HALT
What is Hungry Angry Lonely Tired
A mental state achieved by being mindful of one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique
What is Mindfulness ?