Relapse Prevention
Methods people use to manage stressful situations.
Coping Skills
A set of guiding principles that outline a course of action for recovery.
12 Steps
This type of treatment can help an individual identify thinking errors that lead to negative self talk.
CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy).
To acknowledge something is true and cannot be changed.
Acceptance
When the same amount of a substances creates less of a reaction than it used to.
Tolerance
A community of individuals that provide assistance to help cope with biological, environmental, and other stressors.
Social Support
The founders of AA
Bill W. and Dr. Bob
DBT is short for this
Dialectical behavioral therapy
Gradual movement away from recovery behaviors and activities.
Relapse Drift
A feeling of intense excitement and happiness.
Euphoria
Thoughts and feelings that create stress for an individual and could potentially lead to relapse without intervention.
Internal trigger
This "plea" is about letting go of situations you can't control and taking action on things for which you do have control.
The Serenity Prayer
A way to practice "being in the present moment."
Mindfulness meditation
Excuse or reason to return to substance use after a period of abstinence.
Relapse Justification
Medical treatment that helps rid the body of a drug and helps to manage withdrawals symptoms.
Detox
Environmental situations that could potentially lead to relapse.
External trigger
Honesty, Unselfishness, Purity, Love
The Four Absolutes
The "ABCs" of CBT
Actions, behaviors, and consequences
Balance
A neurotransmitter that is important to the reward system of the brain.
Dopamine
Recognition of one's own character, behavioral patterns, and triggers, and warning signs.
Insight
A written, objective assessment of one's life including character deficits, strengths, and weaknesses.
Inventory (or daily inventory).
The four components of DBT are this.
Mindfulness, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and emotion regulation.
Having purpose and meaning in life, and acknowledgement of "something greater than ourselves."
Spirituality
Medication(s) used in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies to treat addiction.
Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)