Relapse Prevention
All recovering people have certain people, places, emotions, and things that are somehow associated with drinking alcohol or using drugs.These high-risk people, places, things, and feelings are called…
TRIGGERS
A recovery ________ _________ is the support you receive from those around you that uplifts you, helps you, and gives you a sense of belonging and connection.
Support system
Making _________ with people who participate in good and healthy hobbies or events can be a great part of your recovery program. Even if the focus is not on your recovery, participating in alcohol- and drug-free entertainment, recreation, exercise, and other activities can enhance your recovery.
Friends
You can _________ a trigger by doing a healthy activity that keeps you occupied
Interrupt
Name three counselors at Farley.
What is... (Answers may vary)
A person who has been sober at least a year, works the steps, has a sponsor, and who can help you in your recovery by offering feedback, encouragement, and support is a __________.
Sponsor. (You are required to get a sponsor while in treatment at the Farley Center.)
Your ___________ ___________ ___________ should know about your recovery, as he or she routinely prescribes anti-anxiety and anti-pain medications.
Primary care physician
___________ can increase your quality of life, make you feel better, and provide a way to spend time with friends doing something healthy (or even meet new friends as discussed in the previous section).
Recreation
Most people who experience cravings, which are brought on by triggers, will keep them to themselves and suffer silently. But by keeping silent, they give the cravings time to build up, and that can lead to relapse. It is important to reduce the power of triggers by ________ about them, especially in a safe place such as a self-help meeting or a therapy session.
Talking
A meeting you have with your roommates nightly at 10:00 pm.
10 at 10 meetings
Is a disease that involves (1) compulsion to drink alcohol or use other drugs, (2) a loss of control over drinking alcohol or using drugs, and (3) continued drinking or drug use despite negative consequences.
Addiction
Invite family members and friends to an ______ or _________ meeting. Explain that those meetings can help them understand what you are going through and how to help you, as well as help them deal with the consequences of your problems.
Al-Anon or Nar-Anon
What are two benefits from having and using healthy coping skills?
Raised self-esteem, better mental health, decrease in cravings/urges, prevents relapse, etc.
Name two different types of triggers.
External - triggers such as people, places, and things associated with drinking or using drugs.
Internal - triggers focusing on depression, anxiety, anger, and other emotions that can create a craving to use.
Therapeutic pass requests are due when?
Wednesdays by noon.
The best way to stop a trigger from leading to relapse is to _________ the trigger in the first place
Avoid
Twelve Step mutual self-help groups vary a lot. Each group has a different personality. They are not all the same. Your recovery will be enhanced when you find the group that works best for you. This is a group or meeting that one attends faithfully every week, is a part of, arrives early, helps set up and close the meeting.
Home Group
You should "H.A.L.T." when you feel triggered, and check for these feelings. What does H.A.L.T. stand for?
Hunger, anger, loneliness, and tiredness
A reluctance in connecting with your support system or reaching out for help.
Isolation
Before Mt Everest was discovered, what was the tallest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest
What is cross addiction?
When we replace our main drug/activity of choice with another unhealthy activity.
What are three people/places that you can go to get support in recovery?
Meetings, sponsors, healthy family, healthy friends, group members, church, etc.
What are cognitive restructuring techniques?
Strategies that focus on challenging and replacing negative thoughts with positive, supportive ones.
The 4 steps involved with dealing with triggers.
1. Identify them
2. Avoid them
3. Interrupt them
4. Talk about them
Name three assignments required in small group.
Crisis Statement
First Step
Defenses
Aftercare Plan