Relapse prevention
feelings, individuals, or situations that cause your brain to crave substances; if you are unaware of them they could be a factor for relapse.
What are triggers?
what does the acronym HALT stand for?
Hungry, Angry, Lonely, and Tired
This famous rock star died officially of heart failure, but after his death reportedly was found to contain high dosages of, among other things, the opiates Dilaudid, Percodan, and Demerol, as well as Quaaludes and codeine.
Who is Elvis?
This child star first was forced into rehab at age 13, and a mental institution for a year and a half after that. She was emancipated from her parents and declared an adult at age 14. She worked hard and stayed sober once she was away from her family.
Who is Drew Barrymore?
3 examples of coping skills
If you gave 3 examples you got this one right.
This is when we blow things out of proportion. When we assumes that the worst will happen. Often, it involves believing that you're in a worse situation than you really are or exaggerating the difficulties you face.
What is catastrophizing?
This is the 7th step
“Humbly ask Him (God, inspiration, etc.) to remove our shortcomings.”
How could over commitment lead to relapse?
This can lead to feeling overloaded and under pressure.
Increased stress that promotes escapism
Encourages grandiosity and wishful thinking in high risk situations
*Recovery is not a race - it can set unrealistic expectations for recovery.
someone who guides a newcomer through the process of 12-step groups
Who is a sponsor?
This music artist had a hit pop song come out a few years before her death called 'Rehab'
Who is Amy Whinehouse?
This metallic man has been in recovery since 2003. He was introduced to drugs by his famous father and spent time in jail. He saw a resurgence in his popularity since entering recovery and staring in a series of hit movies.
Who is Robert Downey Jr.
The practice of taking an active role in regularly doing things that improve your well-being and happiness, in particular during periods of stress
What is self-care?
Characterized by thoughts such as, "If I am not perfect I have failed". or "Either I get it right or not at all".
What it Black and White or All or Nothing Thinking?
Protect an addict from facing the consequences of their substance-related problems
What is enabling?
a powerful desire to use substances
often perceived as "impulsive" and "uncontrollable"
What is craving?
This singer/songwriter experienced a 20-year drug and alcohol addiction that he said saw him spending about $16,000 a week on heroin in the 1970s.
Who is
Eric Clapton
He chose to get clean and change his path after the death of his 4 year old son.
This famous British singer, songwriter, and pianist recently had a biopic made of his life. He was knighted by the Queen of England and is one of the best selling musical artists of all time. He went through recovery, built AA/NA meetings into his tour schedule, and has also sponsored other celebrities such as Eminem.
Who is Elton John?
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
What is mindfulness or meditation?
It is important to learn to manage this uncomfortable mental experience that can occur when we worry or stress over things
What is Anxiety?
This is the best time to go to a meeting?
when you have cravings, when you don't feel like going, or experiencing HALT symptoms, or you are bored.
using another hobby, substance, or activity to replace or substitute feelings/results that you used to get from using
This actress has celebrated over 20 years sober after being addicted to pain pills from a cosmetic surgery. Her film debut was in the 1978 movie Halloween
Who is Jamie Lee Curtis ?
A biopic of a famous country music legend and his rise to fame in Tennessee. While on tour, he meets the love of his life, singer June Carter. However, things take a turn when he becomes involved in drugs and his marriage to first wife, Vivian, begins to fall apart. June eventually helps him recover from his addiction and he proposes to her in front of a live audience.
Who is Johnny Cash?
Naming 5 things you can see, 4 things you can touch, 3 things you can hear, two things you can smell, and one thing you can taste is called this?
grounding skills
It is essential to learn to eliminate these negative emotions which stem from holding on to anger and grudges
What are Resentments?
These could be triggers to avoid in early recovery
People who are using
places there is use,
and things that remind of using lifestyle
The occurrence of mental and physical problems when someone who is addicted stop using a drug.
What is Withdrawal?
Disney star who was popular for his basketball-player-turned-singer character Troy Bolton in the High School Musical series who quietly checked himself into rehab in 2013
Who is Zac Efron?
What child film star, part of the biggest movie franchise of the 2000s shared the following statement on alcohol abuse: “I was living in constant fear of who I’d meet, what I might have said to them, what I might have done with them, so I’d stay in my apartment for days and drink alone. I was a recluse at 20. It was pathetic – it wasn’t me. I’m a fun, polite person, and it turned me into a rude bore.”
Who is Daniel Radcliffe? preferred coping skill: exercise
positive statements that can help you to challenge and overcome self-sabotaging and negative thoughts, when you repeat them often
What are affirmations?
This categorizes and includes all that is most important in your life and what you care about the most, and what has the most worth to you.
What are values?