Recovery
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?
The essential inner drive, focus and desire, that brings about positive change and attainment of goals.
What is Motivation?
A painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behavior.
What is Shame?
A strong urge stemming from a trigger.
What is a craving?
To politely yet firmly stand up for yourself when facing a trigger or difficult situation is called this.
What is assertiveness?
This ancient practice promotes a sense of well-being, engagement of the parasympathetic nervous system (relaxation response), and can help with managing anxiety.
What is meditation?
The ability to look inside yourself honestly and truthfully: Self-Awareness
What is Insight?
The fact of having committed a specified or implied offense or crime.
What is guilt?
A reversal or change in progress.
What is a setback?
A group of people who have similar lived experiences as I do who I can talk to.
A support group
Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, and Gamblers Anonymous are all examples of programs with this type of format that can support you in recovery.
What are 12 Step Fellowships?
Something just about everyone needs when overcoming a difficult challenge, because it is so difficult to do it alone.
What is Support?
A modest view of one's own importance.
What is humility?
Some people may try to deal with substance use issues by attempting to use less, or change to a less harmful substance. If that isn't working some may choose this.
What is Abstinence?
A communication style that expresses an individual's rights, feelings, and ideas at the expense of others often represented by blaming, violent-outbursts, and a sarcastic/mocking tone of voice.
What is aggressive communication?
One of these prescribed and federally regulated medications can help an opiate addicted individual start recovering from their addiction and structuring their life again.
What is Methadone, Suboxone, or Naltrexone?
Building insight and motivation lead to this powerful experience defined by a strong sense of positive mental stimulation to try make things better.
What is Inspiration?
Confidence in one's own worth or abilities.
What is self esteem?
People, places, things, or situations.
What is a trigger?
The practice of taking action to improve or preserve one's own health.
What is Self Care?
This is a virtual addiction Social Network with the purpose helping people with Drug Addiction, Alcoholism, Prescription Drug Addiction and many more.
What is intherooms.com?
If you find and discover this it can help you define your goals and add meaning and direction in your life.
What is Purpose?
A person's ascent to the reality of a situation, recognizing a process or condition without attempting to change or protest it.
What is acceptance?
Return to a former or worse state.
What is relapse?
Approximately this many Americans are in recovery from addiction to substances.
What is 23 Million? (Source: Office of Addiction Services and Supports, NY.)