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.
Triggers
The theory that our thoughts impact our emotions and behaviors
CBT
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
A person's ability to manage actual or perceived emotional distress.
Distress tolerance
Assuming responsibility for a situation that is outside personal control
Personalization
Lapse: One time return to an addictive behavior
Relapse: A return to an addictive lifestyle
Common types of thoughts that are inaccurate but common among most people
Cognitive distortions
The practice of taking an active role in regularly doing things that improve your well-being and happiness, in particular during periods of stress
self-care
What DEARMAN stands for.
Describe, Express, Assert, Reinforce, Mindfulness, Appear confident, Negotiation
Seeing things in black or white as opposed to shades of gray
All-or-nothing thinking
Emotional, mental, physical
Thoughts that run through our head, may be true/untrue or helpful/unhelpful
Automatic thoughts
Getting support from a neutral person who can help with mental health and addiction concerns
therapy or counseling
What ACCEPTS stands for.
Activities, Contributing, Comparisons, Emotions, Push away, Thoughts, Sensation
Making hasty generalizations from insufficient experiences and evidence.
Overgeneralization
Stress management, emotion regulation, social support, spirituality, self-care
Relapse prevention strategies
The process of replacing negative thoughts with positive thoughts and beliefs
Cognitive reframing
Doing or thinking about something different when you feel yourself being triggered to use substances
Opposite Action
Accept the facts and accept what you cannot change.
Radical acceptance
Inferring a person's possible or probable (usually negative) thoughts from their behavior and nonverbal communication
Mind reading
What HALT stands for
Hunger, Anger, Loneliness & Tiredness
A person's most central ideas about themselves, others, and the world
Core beliefs
Phrases you can say to yourself to help you get through distressing situations
Affirmations or positive self-talk
Wise Mind, "What" skills, and "How" skills.
Mindfulness skills
Predicting negative outcomes of events.
Fortune telling