Recovery Basics
This stage of change occurs when a person is actively making behavioral changes to support recovery.
What is the Action Stage?
This type of trigger includes anger, sadness, anxiety, or loneliness.
This mindfulness skill asks individuals to focus on five things they can see.
What is the 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding Technique?
This is the belief that change is possible even when recovery feels difficult.
What is HOPE?
This helps people make decisions by considering long-term consequences instead of immediate rewards.
What is Future-Oriented Thinking?
This common recovery phrase refers to focusing only on today's recovery efforts.
What is One Day at a Time?
Relapse is typically considered a process that begins before this happens.
What is returning to substance use?
This coping strategy involves calling, texting, or talking with a supportive person.
What is seeking support?
When actions consistently match personal values, a person demonstrates this.
What is Integrity?
A healthy future vision should include goals, relationships, health, and this.
This type of support comes from people who have personal experience with addiction and recovery.
What is Peer Support?
The acronym HALT stands for Hungry, Angry, Lonely, and this.
What is Tired?
Taking a walk, exercising, or stretching are examples of this type of coping skill.
What is basic coping?
Recovery identity is developed through repeated healthy choices and this.
What is consistent behavior?
This daily factor often predicts long-term success more accurately than motivation alone.
What is routine?
This occurs when a person loses control and continues using despite harmful consequences.
What is addiction?
This relapse prevention strategy involves planning how to respond before a high-risk situation occurs.
What is coping ahead?
This CBT technique involves examining whether a thought is accurate and helpful.
What is challenging Negative Thinking habits?
This personal quality allows someone to accept responsibility rather than blame others.
What is accountability?
Future success is often built through many small actions rather than one large this.
What is achievement?
Recovery is often described as a process rather than this.
What is an event?
Suddenly withdrawing from support systems is an example of one of these.
What is a warning sign?
In DBT, the balanced state between Emotion Mind and Reasonable Mind is called this.
What is Wise Mind?
People often strengthen recovery identity by surrounding themselves with others who support this lifestyle.
What is recovery-oriented living?
The question "Who am I becoming?" focuses on this aspect of recovery.
What is identity development?