relapse prevensh
When speaking about substance use, what is an enabler?
Someone who helps facilitate your use by providing you opportunities to use. Giving money, time, transportation, emotional bandwidth, etc.
We expect disaster to strike, no matter what. Little inconveniences are maximized to become huge issues.
HINT: Starts with C
Catastrophizing
Name one way to cope with someone offering you a substance to use.
Walk away, be assertive, lying, call for help, etc.
This phenomenon occurs when stopping drug use leads to physical and psychological symptoms.
Withdrawal......sucks
MN's WNBA team
Lynx!
Why does Adam keep saying using isn't your problem, it's your solution?
Substance Use Disorders develop as a means to help us cope with stressors in our lives. Gaining understanding of why we turn to using for relief or comfort helps us to strengthen our recovery plan moving forward
Having ironclad rules about how someone else should behave and telling them what choices need to be made
HINT: Starts with S
Shoulds
This grounding technique encourages naming 5 things you see, 4 you feel, 3 you hear, 2 you smell, and 1 you taste.
5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique!
This phenomenon occurs when environmental cues trigger intense desire for a drug, even after long periods of abstinence.
Cravings -_-
What does W.W.E. stand for?
World Wrestling Entertainment
why is a lapse different than a relapse?
Lapse: One time return to use, followed by contrition, forgiveness, and a refocusing on our recovery plan.
Relapse: A full blown return to using, and the behaviors we have exhibited when in a using cycle.
Black and White thinking
These coping skills are often involved in meditation and yoga.
HINT: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ness
Mindfulness!
The brain's ability to strengthen new pathways in the brain, leading to new behavioral habits being formed
HINT: like plastic
Neuroplasticity!
The official sport of Canada?
Curling
When you feel like you might be moving closer to relapse, what's one action strategy you could take?
Use a coping skill, call a friend, go on a walk or drive, contact a sponsor, etc.
Without individuals saying so, we assume we know how they are feeling and why they act the way they do
HINT: 3 words
Jumping to conclusions
This coping skill involves intentionally shifting focus and attention away from cravings by engaging in another activity.
Distraction!
When using progresses from impulsive, and we continue using despite experiencing negative consequences.
Compulsive!
This American Olympian has the most gold medals of all time.
Michael Phelps: 23!
The term for slowly moving towards relapse, even if we don't realize the movement is happening, like a boat on the ocean
Relapse drift
name 2 ways we may fix or prevent stinkin' thinkin' from occuring
identify when they happen, examine evidence, talk with a support, think in shades of grey, ask questions, etc.
You are 4 weeks sober and have been attending an outpatient recovery group 3 nights a week. You experience a night of binge using. When you wake up the following morning, what steps should you take?
Call counselor, express honesty, explain how use happened, revise recovery plan, etc.
Long-term drug use can reduce sensitivity to natural rewards and cause us to lose interest in activities we used to enjoy, is called this.
Anhedonia!
The Twins and Vikings both debuted in 1961! What was the name of the stadium they both shared to play their home games?
Metropolitan! (the Met)