Recovery
Meditation, mindfulness, exercise, therapy, calling a sober friend, and thinking of consequences are all examples of this useful tool in recovery.
What is a coping skill?
What is the emotional state that often precedes substance use and can act as a trigger?
Stress
Which step involves making a searching and fearless moral inventory?
Step 4
What relapse warning sign occurs when someone in recovery begins to minimize the seriousness of their addiction or believe they can control their use?
Denial
To politely yet firmly stand up for yourself when facing a trigger or difficult situation is called this.
What is assertiveness?
What relapse stage includes bottling up emotions, isolating, and poor self-care before thoughts of using begin?
Emotional relapse
True or False: Triggers disappear completely the longer someone stays sober.
False
Which step focuses on admitting wrongs to God, ourselves, and another human being?
Step 5
What are warning signs in recovery that a person is in crisis/close to a relapse
Avoiding support system, skipping meetings, falling out of daily routine
This recovery network was established in the 1940s and started in California. It asserts that its therapeutic value for aiding people in recovery is that the program is based on people helping people.
What is Narcotics Anonymous?
One of these prescribed and federally regulated medications can help an opiate addicted individual start recovering from their addiction and structuring his or her life again.
What is Methadone, Suboxone, and Naltrexone.
How many minutes does a craving typically last?
15 minutes
What does Step 11 focus on?
Prayer and meditation
What term describes the gradual return to old behaviors, thoughts, and routines that increases relapse risk, even before using substances again?
Relapse Drift
After just one use, this drug can be seen in the brain and in toxicology screens for three to six weeks.
What is Marijuana?
What strategy involves thinking through the entire consequence chain before using?
Playing the tape through
What psychological concept explains how people, places, smells, or music associated with past substance use can automatically trigger cravings?
Classical Conditioning
What step involves carrying the message to others and practicing the principles in all affairs?
Step 12
What external resources are available for relapse prevention?
Meetings, therapy, MATs
What lifestyle factor strongly impacts mood stability, decision-making, and impulse control in recovery?
Sleep / healthy sleep patterns
What part of the brain is most involved in addiction and reward processing?
What is the brain's reward system/ dopamine system
What coping strategy involves recognizing early warning signs of cravings and creating a specific action plan for how to respond before entering high-risk situations?
Relapse prevention planning / having a coping plan
This recovery group is focused on scientific evidence and therapy techniques rather than the traditional 12-steps
SMART
What phase of relapse typically occurs before physical use?
Emotional relapse
This drug as an approved anesthetic in humans and was discontinued in 1965 because patients often became agitated, delusional, and irrational while recovering from its anesthetic effects.
What is PCP?