Triggers & Cravings
This type of trigger comes from inside your own mind or emotions.
What is an internal trigger?
The number one rule of group:
What is confidentiality?
The first stage of relapse, before behavior changes, starts in this part of life.
What is emotional relapse?
Alcohol, benzos, and opioids all depress this system.
What is the central nervous system?
This is the “why” behind a person’s recovery.
What is motivation?
A craving usually lasts about this long if you don’t act on it.
What is 20–30 minutes?
This feeling is the opposite of isolation and often shows up after sharing.
What is connection?
Setting up daily routines builds this protective factor.
What is structure?
Methamphetamine primarily boosts which neurotransmitter?
What is dopamine?
A value is different from a goal because a value can’t be…
What is “completed” / “crossed off”?
The HALT acronym warns us about these four risk states.
What are hungry, angry, lonely, tired?
Giving feedback in group should always be these two things.
What are supportive and respectful?
Name one common high-risk situation included in most relapse plans.
What is (any reasonable answer: boredom, loneliness, conflict, celebrations, etc.)?
This term describes using more of a substance to get the same effect.
What is tolerance?
This technique asks a client to imagine their life 1 year sober.
What is future visualization?
Name the brain chemical most tied to craving and reward learning.
What is dopamine?
This is what we call the act of learning from someone else’s story.
What is identifying?
This term describes the brain's memory of substance use feeling rewarding, even long after quitting.
What is euphoric recall?
PAWS stands for this.
What are post-acute withdrawal symptoms?
The belief that you can succeed in recovery is called this.
What is self-efficacy?
This coping technique involves mentally “surfing” the urge until it peaks and fades.
What is urge surfing?
Humor in recovery does this for the nervous system and the soul.
What is reduces stress / builds connection / supports healing?
Slips and relapses are different because a slip involves doing this quickly.
What is regaining control / immediate correction?
This lobe of the brain is most tied to decision-making and impulse control.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
When your values and actions don’t match, this uncomfortable state appears.
What is cognitive dissonance?