Program Rules
How many consecutive clinical days can you miss when going out of town?
3 consecutive clinical days
What is client of the week?
Recognizing a client for the week on their achievements/appreciation based off votes from other peers.
Someone who guides a newcomer through the process of 12-step groups
Define this coping skill: a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique.
Mindfulness
The Three Stages of Relapse
Emotional, physical, mental
What 3 things are you not allowed to do during group?
1. No vaping
2. No phone (unless instructed by facilitator)
3. No UA/bathroom
Name the 5 stages of change
1. Pre-contemplation 2. Contemplation 3. Preparation 4. Action 5. Maintenance
A written objective assessment of your life, including character deficits, strengths & weaknesses, & and overarching look at the damage you've caused with your addiction
Moral Inventory
The practice of taking an active role in regularly doing things that improve your well-being and happiness, in particular during periods of stress
Beginning to isolate, become complacent, avoiding own problems or emotions are an example of what kind of relapse
Emotional Relapse
What is required of you when you are in PHP programming? (3)
You must attend Saturday events
You must attend the 11am to 3pm groups
You must complete CORE packet
Name the 4 horseman that can ruin a relationship, derived from Gottman Topic Group
BONUS: Name their antidotes + 500
1. Criticism - Gentle startup (ID needs/wants & feelings)
2. Contempt - Building a culture of love & appreciation
3. Defensiveness - Taking responsibility
4. Stonewalling - Physiological self-soothing
Define this: 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
Serenity Prayer
These are examples of what type of coping skill: Calling a crisis line, 911, or going to the hospital/ Urgent Care Center, etc.
Crisis intervention coping skill
These can be people, places, and/or things. These usually cause extreme overwhelm or distress. It affects your ability to remain present in the moment. It may bring up specific thought patterns or influence your behavior.
Trigger(s)
What is required before you can request an overnight/curfew extension? (4)
1. Be in treatment 30 days 2. Have rent paid 3. Completed chores & room clean 4. Attendance must be in good standing
What is PAWS and how does it relate to the pink cloud?
PAWS: Post accute withdrawal symptoms. At times, the pink cloud arises when physical symptoms of PAWS subside and the individual feels good/excited/hopeful. The Pink cloud is short lived and is followed by more PAWS.
No one in NA or AA will choose this for you but they suggest that this be "Loving, Kind and Greater than yourself"
Higher Power
Define this type of coping skill: Smelling candles, taking a shower, putting on comfy clothing, listening to music, etc.
Self-Soothing Coping skill
A ____ is always necessary for an individual to take control of their future sobriety and avoid future relapse.
Relapse Prevention Plan
Name every staff member at the Forge. (19 total)
Hint: Think of people you see regularly.
BONUS: Name their position +1,500pts (all or nothing)
Charles - Clinical Director
Lauren - Program Director
Chris - Operations Director
Nick - Activites Director
Glenn - Alumni Coordinator
Jose - Operations Supervisor
Cynthia - Operations
Danfield - Support Staff
Sergio - Support Staff/Housing
Sofia - Activities Assistant
Sam - Activities Assistant
Todd - N.P.
Miro - LVN
Jonathan - Case Manager
Lenny - Case Manager
Chelsea - Case Manager
Deisy - Therapist
Sydney - Therapist
Nate - Therapist
Name and define/describe the 3 types of boundaries
Healthy: Firm yet flexible, communicated in a neutral way
Porous: intruding on the rights of others, or allowing others to cross you boundaries
Rigid/Walled: closed off & distant
Name/Describe all 12 steps
1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol — that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
Taking deep breaths and then walking away instead of fighting is this type of coping skill
Opposite/contrary action
Studies show that about _% to _% of individuals relapse within 30 days of leaving treatment.
40% - 60%