Stages Of Change
This is the stage where people believe they have the ability to change their behavior.
What is Action Stage?
P.A.W.S
What is Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome?
Noun; the way in which one acts or conducts oneself, especially toward others.
What is Behavior?
H.A.L.T
What is Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired?
When you only see in black or white.
What is All-or-Nothing Thinking?
You have now been practicing your new behavior for six months.
What is the Maintenance Stage?
A process that begins when you start slipping back into old behavior patterns.
What is Relapse?
Noun; a deterioration in someone's state of health after a temporary improvement
What is Relapse?
Having self-confidence is necessary, but becoming ___________ to the point of complacency crosses a line from healthy confidence to over-confidence and relapse risk.
What is Over-Confident?
When you hold yourself personally responsible for an event that isn’t entirely under your control
What is Personalization?
This is sort of a research phase: people are now taking small steps toward cessation. They are trying to gather information about what they will need to do to change their behavior.
What is Preparation?
The 3 stages of relapse
What are Emotional, Mental, and Physical?
Noun; an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat.
What is Fear?
Triggers are social, environmental or ______ situations that remind people in recovery of their past drug or alcohol use.
What are emotional?
A depressed salesman became terribly upset when he noticed bird dung on the windshield of his car. He told himself, “Just my luck! Birds are always crapping on my car!”
What is Generalization?
Your best friend tells you that they think that you may have a drinking problem. You only drink 5 days a week but haven't look at this as a possibility. What stage would this be?
What is the Pre-Contemplation Stage?
Relapse is a _______.
What is a process?
Noun; a natural instinctive state of mind deriving from one's circumstances, mood, or relationships with others.
What is Emotion?
__________ triggers are people, places, activities and objects that elicit thoughts or cravings associated with substance use.
What are External?
You make a negative interpretation even though there are no definite facts that convincingly support your conclusions.
What is Jumping to Conclusions?
People are more aware of the personal consequences of their bad habit and they spend time thinking about their problem
What is Contemplation?
Ignoring day-to-day problems can create a buildup of _______, which can increase the likelihood of relapse.
What is Stress?
Noun; a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific signs or symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury
What is Disease?
Untreated ________ or ________ illness can cause triggers and may put you at risk for relapse.
What are Physical and Mental?
Blowing things out of proportion
What is Catastrophizing?