Stages of Change
Name the fifth of the 5 stages of change
What is Maintenance Stage
P.A.W.S. stands for...
What is Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome
True or False. Taking time for yourself each day is essential to recovery?
True
Having a _________ in place can reduce the risk of relapse
What is a relapse prevention plan
triggers can potentially lead to __________.
What are cravings
"I know I should eat healthier, but I sure do love fried chicken. Want a piece with me? is a person in what stage of change
What is precontemplation
The metabolic process by which the toxic qualities of a poison or toxin are reduced by the body. Pertaining to addiction it is generally a medically supervised treatment for alcohol or drug addiction designed to purge the body of intoxicating or addictive substances
What is Detox
Benefits of _____ include increasing your physical well-being, improving your emotional well-being, improving your mental alertness, improving your sleep, providing you with more energy, and reducing your stress and anxiety
What is exercise
What are the three stages of relapse?
1. Emotional Relapse 2. Mental Relapse 3. Physical Relapse
______ triggers include: people, places, events, and objects.
What is external triggers
"I have researched the gyms in my area regarding hours to fit my schedule and pricing" this person is in what stage of change
What is Preparation Stage
the inability to think clearly, memory problems, emotional overreaction or numbness, sleep problems, physical coordination problems and stress sensitivity are examples of symptoms of __________.
What is withdrawal
___________ is a way in which you can have fun, enjoy being with others, and add healthy activities to your life. They can also help you take your mind off drugs, add structure to your life, and maybe even learn something new.
What is Recreational activities, leisure activities, and/or hobbies
Name three recovery support groups.
AA, NA, SMART Recovery, Rogers Aftercare group, Al-Anon, Nar-Anon, Celebrate Recovery
When you feel like using, you should ask yourself whether you are H.A.L.T. What does this stand for?
What is hungry, angry, lonely, tired.
"I have joined a gym, have an appointment with a nutritionist and found a workout buddy to meet 3 times a week at 5 pm" This person is in what stage of Change
What is Action Stage
Just as drugs produce intense euphoria, they also produce much larger surges of __________, powerfully reinforcing the connection between consumption of the drug, the resulting pleasure, and all the external cues linked to the experience.
What is dopamine
Large surges of dopamine “teach” the brain to seek drugs at the expense of other, healthier goals and activities.
What are the benefits of having good coping skills? List three benefits.
Ability to decrease symptoms of mental health, Ability to manage cravings, Better management of emotions, Improvement in mood, Higher Self-Esteem, Etc.
Describe three things you can do to avoid a relapse.
Practice self-care, Wait 15-30 minutes, Do your recovery one day at a time, Tell someone that you're having urges to use, Distract yourself, Use coping skills, Make relaxation part of your recovery, Play the tape through, etc.
Identify and describe three triggers.
Seeing people using, Being in places you used or picked up, Objects that helped with use such as spoons or needles, Hanging out with using friends, Media, etc.
When someone has a plan to quit, may have "cut down" his/her use, and can see the benefits of quitting, he/she is in the ___________ stage of change.
What is the preparation stage
Normal neurobiological event characterized by the need to increase the dose over time to obtain the original effect. A state in which a drug produces a diminishing biological or behavioral response; in other words, higher doses are needed to produce the same effect experienced initially.
What is Tolerance
What are some ways you can manage and express your anger in healthy ways?
What is identifying anger signs, evaluating the situation, talking it out, cooling off, waiting before responding and/or reviewing options for responding
Describe signs of a mental relapse.
The signs of mental relapse are: Thinking about people, places, and things you used with, Glamorizing your past use, Lying, Hanging out with old using friends, Fantasizing about using, Thinking about relapsing, Planning your relapse around other people's schedules
You are at an event and get triggered. What are three things you should do after you recognize a trigger?
Call a friend/sponsor, leave the event, go to a meeting, have a safe ride, use coping skills, verbalize the trigger, etc.