Addicted Brain
1. Biological 2. Chronic, progressive, and Has symptoms 3. Fatal if left untreated
What is the disease model?
Decline in a firm voice and tell them the importance of your sobriety and ask them to respect it.
What is offers or requests to use substances from friends or family memebers?
The decision to overcome the pain that was inflicted by another person.
What is forgiveness?
emotional, mental and physical.
What are the phases of relapse?
Accept that what's done is done and that there is nothing you can do about it.
What is the past is in the past?
Biological, psychological, social, and spiritual
What are the risk factors for Substance Use?
Situations in which you have used substances in the past.
What is a high-risk situation?
You will gain a deeper understanding of what forgiveness is and make the decision to choose or reject forgiveness as an option.
What is the decision phase?
Identify situations and events that triggered relapses in the past.
What is reduce the risk of future relapses?
Forgiving yourself as it is based around thinking about all of the positive things that you do.
What is Put Things into Perspective?
The reward-motivating neurotransmitter.
What is dopamine?
Distract yourself by doing something that focuses your attention elsewhere or contact a friend to give you support.
What is having cravings to use substances?
Daily Double
You may find meaning in the experiences and recognize ways in which you have grown as a result.
Daily Double
What is the Deepening Phase?
People stop taking their medications, people are under more stress and people use alcohol or drugs.
What is Why Do People Have Relapses?
Accept what you have done and the actions you took and move on.
What is Embrace Self Acceptance?
A chronic disease that changes the brain.
What is Addiction?
Schedule pleasant activities exercise and use positive self-statements.
What is depression?
You will improve your understanding of the injustice and how it has impacted your life.
What is the Uncovering Phase?
Creating a clear relapse-prevention plan and have accountability to stick to it. Popping back into your rehab facility for a refresher. Regularly attending your therapy appointments.
What is avoiding relapse?
You have to accept that not everything can be done as you think it should be done and that's OK.
What are Recognize Unrealistic Expectations?
The prefrontal cortex, the limbic system, and the midbrain.
What are the areas of the brain affected by addiction?
Read a book or magazine, take a walk or exercise, or sketch, draw or paint.
What is boredom?
You will start to understand the offender in a new way, which will allow positive feelings toward the offender and yourself.
What is the work phase?
Not sticking to detailed planning, no personalization, and no commitment to the plan.
What is why relapse prevention fails?
You can then try and become a better version of yourself, using your mistake as a guide to creating your new start.
What is Do Not Be Afraid to Start Anew?