Changing Behaviors
What is internal motivation?
Motivation that comes from within
What is 1 way your heart be affected by substance use?
Many substances elevate your heart rate/heartbeat or could increase your blood pressure
What is denial?
A way to avoid the truth.
What is boredom?
Lacking interest, finding yourself unable to relax, feeling little or no excitement, or having little interest in something that would normally be important
What kind of communication should you use when using refusal skills?
Direct/Assertive
What is external motivation?
Motivation that comes from our environment (probation officer, parents, judge, friends, etc.)
What are 3 ways finances can be affected by substance use?
Legal fees, counseling/rehabilitation centers, or the amount of money spent on substances
What is 1 common shielding mechanism?
Avoiding (stonewalling, intimidating, pacifying, double-talking), reasoning (tracing/theorizing, normalizing, excusing/explaining), or shifting (contrasting, softening, dealing/buying time, holding up the mirror)
Why do people relapse due to boredom?
Avoiding friends, which makes you feel like you have no one
Avoiding certain places/give up hobbies
What is an example of healthy risk-taking?
Trying out new sports, making new friends, engaging in new hobbies, etc. (other answers welcome if they are similar)
What are 3 reasons why it is hard to change behavior? Double points if you know 6.
we're motivated by negative emotions, we get trapped by thinking fallacies, we try to eat the entire elephant, we neglect the toolbox (coping skills), we try to change too much, we underestimate the process, we forget failure is usually a given, or we don't make a commitment
What are 3 ways that you can be affected by substance use? (Double points if you know 6)
Immune system, heart, brain, school/work, law, family/peers, finances, or overdose
What are 4 negative behaviors in treatment someone can engage in?
Intimidator, intellectual, victim, blamer, playing dumb, avoider, socialite, n.a./a.a. expert, con man, close minded, magic bullet, 'yeah,but', deflector, lip service, controller, rabble-rouser, suspicious
What are 3 things you can do to beat boredom?
Any answer applies as long as it is applicable
What can change someone's perspective?
Maturity over time, change in health, legal issues, major changes in life, gaining experience
What are 3 things that drive change?
insight, internal motivation, external motivation
What are 4 of the 8 realms of your life that can be affected by substances? Double points if you know all 8.
medical/physical, psychological/emotional/mental, work/school, family, interpersonal relationships, recreational, legal, and economic
What are 3 of the 4 indicators that someone may be in denial?
Anger, excuses, lying, refusing help
How can you look at boredom in a positive way in sobriety?
Appreciate piece of mind and tell yourself what you gain from being sober
What does SMART stand for in reference to goals?
Specific, Measurable, Attainable/Achievable, Realistic/Relevant, Time-bound/time-based
What are the 5 stages of change?
Precontemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, Action, Maintenance
How much fentanyl could cause an overdose?
4 grains (the size of a salt grain)
What are 5 of the 12 denial patterns?
Avoidance, absolute denial, minimizing, rationalizing, blaming, comparing, compliance, manipulating, flight into health, recovery by fear, strategic hopelessness, and democratic disease state
What are 3 reasons someone may not make good use of their time?
Easy to fall into past habits, lack confidence to try new things, hard to make time for recreation, limited budget, trouble thinking of ideas, transportation, missing doing things but now are more difficult to manage, not having someone to do things with, in a bad mood, rather have a job
What are the 5 stages of change?
Precontemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, Action, Maintenance