Core Concepts
What is Dialectical Abstinence?
What is the synthesis of harm reduction and abstinence
What is Addict Mind(foggy mind)?
What is impulsive, one-minded, ruled by cravings (or some variation of that)
What is Burning Bridges?
What is cutting off all addictive behavior options and cues.
What is a Harm Reduction strategy?
What is calling your therapist, sponsor, or mentor after a lapse (or something similar)
What is Community Reinforcement?
What is replacing addiction reinforcers with abstinence reinforcers.
What is Abstinence?
What is swearing off addictive behavior completely
What is Clean Mind?
What is clean but naïve and oblivious to danger (or some variation of that)
What is Building New Bridges?
What is creating competing images or smells to reduce cravings.
What is a Chain Analysis?
What is analyzing what prompted the lapse step-by-step.
What is Abstinence Sampling?
What is sampling time off from addiction to observe benefits.
What is Harm Reduction?
What is acknowledging slips may happen and focusing on minimizing damage without demanding perfection.
What is clear mind?
What is clean while remembering addict mind and planning for urges
What is Urge Surfing?
What is imagining yourself riding the waves of an urge
What is opposite action?
What is acting opposite to the current emotion.
What is reinforcing abstinence?
What is increasing enjoyable activities that do not involve addiction.
What is a con of Dialectical Abstinence?
What is its work
True or False it is better to be in Clean mind than addict mind?
What is false both extremes are dangerous
What is an example of Burning Bridges?
What is throwing out contact information of people who collude with addiction (or something similar)
What is the final step in a Harm Reduction plan?
What is recommitting to 100% total abstinence after a slip
What is a Community Reinforcement strategy?
What is spending time with people who are not addicted.
What is a pro of Dialectical Abstinence?
What is "It works"
True or False: In clear mind a person may be abstinent but is at high risk because they no longer rehearse coping strategies or anticipate cravings.
False answer is clean mind
What is Building New Bridges?
What is looking at moving images or using new smells to compete with cravings (or some variation of that)
What is staying away from extreme thinking?
What is not letting one slip turn into a disaster.
What is a core principle of Community Reinforcement?
What is the idea that willpower alone is not enough for recovery.