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?
Taking an isolated negative event and turning it into a never-ending pattern of loss and defeat.
What is Overgeneralization?
These drugs can stop opiate withdrawal and are used for MOUD therapy along with talk therapy and social support.
What are Methadone and Suboxone?
Jumping to the worst possible conclusion in every scenario, no matter how improbable it is.
What is Catastrophizing?
The onset of withdrawal symptoms brought on by taking certain drugs.
What is precipitated withdrawal?
The assumption that emotions reflect the way things really are. “I feel like a bad friend, therefore I must be a bad friend.”
What is Emotional Reasoning?
Withdrawal from these drugs can cause seizures and death.
What are Benzodiazepines and Alcohol?
Taking a single attribute and turning it into an absolute about yourself or someone else.
What is labeling?
"We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it"
What is step step 10?
Belief that others are behaving negatively because of you, without giving any consideration for more likely explanations for this behavior.
What is Personalization or Blame?
The body's ability to maintain a certain chemical equilibrium in the brain and throughout the body.
What is Homeostasis?