Definition
Codependency involves an unhealthy relationship that people might share with those who are this to them.
What is closest?
An individual may obsessively focus their thinking on a substance vs. codependent on a person.
What is Preoccupation?
An individual blames external forces for their use and a codependent blames the external forces for their partners behaviors
What is Blaming?
Not allowing yourself to believe bad things about yourself.
What is Negative Thinking?
How many groups you should be going to every day.
What is 5? (Yes we include the evening group)
Codependency is what type of behavior?
What is a learned?
An individual is no longer able to manage their substance use without negative consequences and with increasing frequency vs. a codependent loses their ability to be patient with the relationship and experiences negative emotions quicker and with increasing frequency
What is Decreased Tolerance?
An individual in active substance use spends less time in healthy social interactions to use vs codependent spends less time in social interactions to spend more time with their partner
What is Isolating?
A complete sentence (and an effective boundary).
The time that the first group starts.
What is 9am?
Codependency relates to these kind of tendencies that allow a person to feel excessive dependency on others.
What is emotional and behavioral?
An individual may experience amnesia from being unconscious because of abusing substances vs. a codependent may not be able to recall details from a highly stressful and emotional interaction.
What are Blackouts?
An individual romanticizes drug or alcohol use vs codependent romanticizes back to a time when things were “better” instead of focusing on the reality of how things are presently.
What is Euphoric Recall?
Understanding one's own actions and the circumstances in which they are doing these actions in.
What is Self Awareness?
This is the name of our current Facility Director.
Who is Bethany?
A person who is codependent tries to avoid this with the person they are codependent with.
What is conflict?
An individual uses substance despite consequences (legal, financial, family conflict) vs. a codependent is compelled to act irrationally despite consequences for themselves
What is Compulsive Behavior?
An individual will downplay the consequences of their substance use vs a codependent downplays the negative influence the person has on their life.
What is Minimizing?
The important part is the connection with others that is found.
What are Support Groups?
The staff that should be spoken to for issues concerning medication.
Who are medical/nursing staff?
True or False:
A codependent relationship is only with your spouse or intimate partner
What is false?
An individual does not admit their problem by rationalizing the actions
What is Denial?
An individual justifies their substance use and behavior vs a codependent finds ways to justify how they have been treated.
What is Rationalizing?
Can sometimes be just as harmful as helpful (dependening on the circumstances).
What is Journaling?
This is Austin's favorite color.
What is Green?