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True or False

100

Positive events/feelings can be a high risk situation for relapse?

True- getting a raise, moving, marriage, a promotion call all lead to intense emotions and good stress which the brain connects to substance use

200

Some disruptive life events (health problems, new responsibilities, separations, adjustment to new situations, work related events, financial changes) can lead to a high risk situation for relapse

True

300

Planning in advance would not help me deal with a crisis

False

400

Positive affirmations do not help

False

500

Everyone has the same high risk situations

False- High risk situations can be similar, but some are more difficult than others and can vary from person to person

Holiday Relapse Prevention

100

What are three potential triggers during the holidays?

Answers vary: lack of plans, boredom, stress, depression, alcohol, conflict, family members etc..

200

How can someone in recovery cope with stressors over the holiday?

• Keep doing what you are already doing that has kept you sober so far!
• Make a daily schedule and stick with it.
• If traveling, find meetings where you will be going and plan to attend them.
• If traveling, schedule phone meetings with your sponsor.
• Keep your phone list with you.
• Avoid stressors if possible.
• Schedule sober activities that you enjoy.
• Get plenty of rest
• Increase meetings
• Plan to attend a meeting immediately after the stressor.
• Take a walk
• Write in your journal
• Read meditations, literature or the Big Book
• Use breathing, relaxation and mindfulness skills
• Think of urges and cravings as waves that will pass in time
• Think of the benefits of staying sober
• Think of the costs of a relapse
• Identify and correct any irrational or addictive thoughts.
• Offer to help someone
• Exercise
• Look at things from someone else’s point of view
• Memorize an affirmation and repeat it throughout the day
• Prepare and rehearse a positive way to respond to a particular stressor
• Remember it’s ok to make mistakes. That’s what people do.
• Be able to laugh at yourself
• Smile
• Use AA slogans: A Day at a Time, Easy Does It, Progress Not Perfection, Let Go Let God, etc.
• Do something fun
• Go to a movie
• Meditate
• Avoid negative self talk
• Practice positive self talk
• Remember a lapse or slip does not have to lead to a full blown relapse.
• Respond to a slip by increasing recovery activities.
• Accept yourself as you are.
• Accept your feelings as normal, understandable and manageable.

300

It is important to remember the three stages of relapse during the holidays, what are they?

Emotional, mental, physical

400

What does HALT stand for

Hungry Angry Lonely Tired

500

How can someone in recovery plan ahead for coping with possible unexpected stressful events?

Thank about problem solving skills, Consider who you can call for support, increase sober support meetings, think about how to manage strong emotions, think about pleasant activities that could counteract negative feelings.

Coping Strategies

100

What is the first way to manage triggers?

avoid them

200

Name two ways to manage boredom

Answers vary

300

What is the difference between internal and external triggers?

an internal trigger would be a thought or feeling, something that happens within. and external trigger are people, places, things, and situations outside of us

400

How does someone manage emotional relapse?

Self care (getting good sleep, eating nutritious food, treating illness, mindfulness)

500

Why is it important to get support, and how can calling someone for help benefit recovery?

Answers vary