Coping Skills
Consists of reflective thinking or contemplation, usually on a specific subject to discern its meaning or significance or a plan of action. Some say listening is a simple form of this.
What is meditation?
Trying to protect an addict from facing the consequences of their drug related problems
What is enabling?
This step requires that we can be restored to sanity.
What is Step 2?
"If I'm not perfect, I have failed," is what type of thinking.
What is All or Nothing Thinking or Black and white thinking
These are feelings that cause your brain to crave substances; if you are unaware of them they could be a factor for relapse.
What are triggers?
The major organ that is directly effected the most by drug use
What is the Brain?
This actor/comedian who lived in the bay area struggled with addiction and substance abuse. He committed suicide in 2014. He once played a part in Disney's Alladin.
Who is Robin Williams?
The month that raises awareness of addiction and recovery, also known as recovery month.
What is September?
A mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique.
What is mindfulness?
Using another activity in order to replace or substitute the feelings/results you used to get from using substances
Cross-addiction
You should not do this if it will injure yourself or others?
What is making amends
This type of thinking is sometimes referred to as "Making a mountain out of a mole hill."
What is magnification or catastrophising
Stimulants such as cocaine, speed, and methamphetamine when taken for long periods can induce a mental state of hallucinations and extreme paranoid delusions called:
What is psychosis?
a powerful desire to use substances often perceived as "impulsive" and "uncontrollable"
What is a craving?
This author, who wrote books such as Carrie and The Green Mile struggled with alcohol and prescription drug addiction for years.
Who is Stephen King?
Simple recovery strategy that consists of not looking too far in the future.
What is A Day at a time?
The H.O.W. of the 12 Step programs stands for this:
What is honesty, openmindedness, and willingness
This step requires a moral inventory
What is Step 4?
Failure to acknowledge an unacceptable truth or emotion or to admit it into consciousness, used as a defense mechanism.
What is denial
Belief that ones self has value and acceptance of personal flaws, weaknesses, and mistakes.
What is Self Esteem
The brain finishes developing once you reach this age.
What is 25 years old?
This TV series follows the Gallagher family's struggles through addiction and mental health issues.
Shameless
An established guideline for suitable behaviors, responsibilities, and actions. Addicts tend to break these and struggle to respect these lines drawn by others. These are usually key in healthy relationships.
What is a boundary?
Information or an emergency kit to help an individual from using again. This kit could include 12 step information, important phone numbers, healthy recreational activities to participate in.
What is a Relapse Prevention Plan?
This step requires admitting when we are wrong.
What is Step 10?
An addict seeks to control or influence (a person or situation) cleverly, unfairly, or unscrupulously. Can be masked by charm.
What is manipulation?
The acronym HALT in recovery stands for what
Hungry Angry Lonely Tired
This substance is possibly unsafe when used for a long time or in doses over 400 mg daily. It can cause insomnia, nervousness, restlessness, nausea, increased heart rate, and other side effects. Larger doses might cause headache, anxiety, and chest pain. It is unsafe when used in very high doses. It can cause irregular heartbeat and even death.
What is caffeine?
This famous rapper died in 2017 due to an accidental xanax overdose. He was only 21.
Who is Lil Peep?
The act of avoiding and distancing yourself from the community.
What is isolation?
What stage of relapse brings the following: sadness, happiness, frustration, anger, the "F its"
What is mental relapse?
For step 5 you will need to admit your wrongs to a higher power, another person, and this person.
Who is yourself?
Telling your wife that you had lunch with an old girlfriend, but leaving out the part where you went to the motel after lunch!
What is lying by omission?
Guilt is feeling bad about what you've done. _____ is feeling bad about who you are.
What is Shame?
The neurotransmitter most often associated with addiction
What is dopamine?
This "Iron Man", who once snorted a line of ants, had 10 years of clean and sober time, before relapsing.
Who is Ozzie Osbourne?