Relapse Prevention
Lack of interest, brain chemical changes during recovery can make people feel listless,
Boredom
People, places, objects, feelings, and times that cause cravings.
Triggers
Visualization, snapping, relaxation, calling someone.
Thought-stopping techniques
Exercise, proper diet, limiting caffeine and nicotine intake, getting enough sleep.
Healthy lifestyle/balanced lifestyle
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.
Serenity Prayer
Working all the time, exercising to the extreme, gambling, drinking too much caffeine, smoking.
Doing this daily or weekly will help achieve and maintain abstinence.
Scheduling
Increased heart rate, pupil size, breathing rate, blood pressure, and body temperature.
Immediate physical effects of methamphetamine.
The process of expense tracking, investing, budgeting, banking and evaluating taxes of one's money which is also called investment management.
Money management
A person familiar with the 12-Step philosophy who is ready to help another person to move along the recovery journey.
Sponsor
A person's relationship with their higher power, the deepest level from which a human being operates.
Spirituality
This occurs in the rational part of the brain and can be controlled.
Other people made me do it, I needed it for a specific purpose, I was testing myself, it was an accident.
Relapse Justifications
A process of exchanging ideas, thoughts, knowledge and information such that the purpose or intention is fulfilled in the best possible manner.
Effective Communication
Withdrawal, early abstinence, protracted abstinence, readjustment.
Stages of Recovery
Emotions experienced when you have done something that doesn't agree with your values or morals.
The "automatic" process
Trigger-thought-craving-use
Going back to substance use and to all the behaviors that come with it.
The ability to handle difficult or unexpected situations as well as complex challenges.
Problem solving
At some point you must begin seeing the world as it is and that your problems are not the fault of the world. Your beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors are the problem. _____ is an acceptance of this reality.
MRT Step 3
Use this to list and track the things that are holding your recovery in place.
Mooring Lines
A set of guiding principles outlining a course of action for recovery from addiction, compulsion, or other behavioral problems.
12-step or mutual help programs
Feelings that don't seem to go away and just keep getting stronger cause this.
Emotional buildup
A strong, deep, or close association or acquaintance between two or more people that may range in duration from brief to enduring.
Interpersonal relationship
The chemistry of the brain is altered by habitual substance use; you can this of this adjustment period as...
The "healing" of the brain