cravings and relapse

the craving cycle

100

this is part of the craving cycle that includes your mental state, inability to stop thinking about using and is recurrent and persistent

obsession

200

this is part of the craving cycle that includes your emotional state, results in strong irrational urge to use and thinking with emotion

compulsion

300

this is the part of the craving cycle that is caused by brain chemistry imbalances, never totally goes away and returns when recovery is neglected.

physical craving

400

this is the part of the craving cycle is ritualized and habitual and creates a mental state that justifies drug use as well as what actions we take to get drugs.

drug seeking behavior

500

this is the part of the craving cycle where we should start to use healthy coping skills.

at the very beginning / the obsession phase /as soon as possible

set up behaviors

100

this is the set up that involves poor diet lack of exercise and poor stress management

physical set ups

200

this is a psychological set up that involves exaggerated pleasurable memories of use and blocking out or repressing bad memories.

euphoric recall

300

this is part of the set up behaviors that involves exaggerating pain and discomfort in sobriety and blocking out comfort and pleasure and satisfaction of sobriety

awfulizing sobriety

400

this is part of the set up behaviors that involve the belief that alcohol or drugs are still a positive option  and that the drug will work for me again.

positive expectancy

500

this is a set up behavior that involves lack of communication and isolation

social set ups

trigger events

100

this is the trigger event that involves addictive thinking and imagining you are there. don't repress these, share them.

thinking triggers

200

these are the types of triggers that stem from sensory cues and also involve emotions such as anxiety and anger

feeling triggers

300

these are the types of triggers that involve drug seeking behaviors such as going to bars talking to dealers and are the most avoidable triggers

acting/ behavioral triggers

400

these are the types of triggers that involve being around drug using friends even when they are not using, being in stressful relationships and being where you can touch feel or smell drugs or alcohol

relational or interaction triggers

500

these are the things that that help us with triggers when they occur

healthy coping skills

trigger recovery process

100

this is when we avoid drinking and using situations completely

avoidance

200

this is when we crate a sobriety plan with a counselor / group before entering a situation linked with using or drinking

gradual re introduction

300

this is when a trigger connection becomes broken in time

extinction

400

this is the inability to feel pleasure from activities in early recovery which decreased over time

anhedonia

500

this is how long the anhedonia and post acute withdrawal phase can last

a year to a year and a half