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What is the Raise Hand gesture?
This "reward chemical" in the brain is often hijacked by addiction and takes time to stabilize during sobriety.
What is Dopamine?
Before making a major decision or responding to a conflict, clinicians suggest checking if you are currently experiencing any of these four physical or emotional vulnerabilities.
What is H.A.L.T.?
A mindfulness technique involving 5 things you see, 4 you touch, 3 you hear, 2 you smell, and 1 you taste.
What is Grounding?
The act of doing things for an addict that they could and should do for themselves, often preventing them from feeling the consequences.
What is Enabling?
To ensure the safety and confidentiality of your peers, you should never attend group in this type of "open" environment.
What is a Public Space?
This part of the brain acts as the "logic center" or "brakes"; it is responsible for impulse control and long-term planning.
What is the Prefrontal Cortex?
This condition explains why a person six months into sobriety might suddenly experience a "wave" of physical symptoms or cognitive "fog" as the nervous system continues to recalibrate.
What is P.A.W.S.?
The intentional practice of stopping for a few seconds before reacting to a stressful stimulus.
What is The Pause?
Communication that clearly expresses your needs and feelings without being aggressive or passive.
What is Assertive Communication?
Engaging this setting on your microphone when not speaking prevents echoes and background noise.
What is Muting?
This biological term describes the state of "balance" the body and brain always strive to maintain. In early recovery, the brain is struggling to find this new baseline after being chemically overwhelmed for a long period.
What is Homeostasis?
This principle warns against "over-intellectualizing" recovery or creating complex systems that are too difficult to maintain during a crisis.
What is K.I.S.S.?
The mental exercise of imagining the long-term negative consequences of a relapse rather than the immediate relief.
What is Playing the Tape Forward?
Using these types of statements helps you take ownership of your feelings during a conflict.
What are "I" Statements?
To receive full credit for attendance and prove active participation, this must be engaged and showing your face at all times.
What is your Camera?
This almond-shaped part of the brain is the "smoke detector" that triggers the fight-or-flight response.
What is the Amygdala?
This acronym presents a choice: one can choose to run away from a situation out of anxiety, or choose to stand firm and grow through the discomfort.
What is F.E.A.R.?
The practice of acknowledging a difficult reality without judgment in order to reduce suffering and move forward.
What is Radical Acceptance?
A type of boundary that is so strict it keeps everyone out, often leading to isolation and loneliness.
What is a Rigid Boundary?
These two specific settings must be tested prior to group to ensure you can hear the clinician and be heard by your peers.
What are Audio and Video (or Speakers and Mic)?
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What is Neuroplasticity?
This is what the acronym I.D.D.A. stands for.
What is Identify, Document, Discuss & Act?
(A structured behavioral tool used to manage cravings and impulsive thoughts.)
A nightly review of your day to identify where you were selfish, dishonest, or fearful, and where you succeeded.
What is Daily Inventory?
This advanced boundary technique involves releasing the need to control, rescue, or fix another person’s choices, while still maintaining a relationship from a safe emotional distance.
What is Detaching with Love?