Coping Skills
This coping skill involves fully acknowledging reality as it is, without fighting against it.
What is radical acceptance?
The acronym HALT stands for Hungry, Angry, Lonely, and this.
What is Tired?
A ___ is anything that sets off thoughts, feelings, or cravings.
What is a trigger?
Step 1 states: “We admitted we were powerless over alcohol…” and that our lives had become this.
What is unmanageable?
The term used to describe the return to using after a period of sobriety.
What is relapse?
In the grounding technique “5-4-3-2-1,” the “3” stands for noticing this kind of thing.
What is things you can hear?
The TRAP cycle stands for Trigger, Reaction, and this unhelpful pattern.
What is Avoidance Pattern?
Seeing an old using friend or driving by a bar are examples of this type of trigger.
What are external triggers?
According to the Doctor’s Opinion, people with alcoholism suffer from a physical craving and this ___.
What is a mental obsession?
This is the chemical in the brain most commonly associated with reward and addiction.
What is dopamine?
This DBT skill suggests doing the opposite of what your emotions are telling you when they don’t fit the facts.
What is opposite action?
The healthier alternative to TRAP is TRAC, which stands for Trigger, Reaction, Awareness, and this.
What is Choice?
Boredom, stress, and loneliness are examples of this type of trigger.
What are internal triggers?
In Step 2, we “came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could” do this.
What is restore us to sanity?
The first step in solving any problem is admitting that you have one. This is reflected in which AA step?
What is Step 1?
Choosing exercise instead of drinking, or journaling instead of using, are examples of these.
What are replacement behaviors?
In DBT, the “wise mind” is the balance between these two minds.
What are emotional mind and rational mind?
A plan for managing triggers should include identifying them, avoiding them when possible, and doing this when you can’t avoid them.
What is using coping strategies?
tep 3 involves making a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God “as we ___"
SMART Recovery uses this type of therapy model, focusing on thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
A relaxation skill where you tense and release muscle groups to reduce stress.
What is deep muscle relaxation (or progressive muscle relaxation)?
The CBT triangle shows that these three areas all influence each other in cycles.
What are thoughts, feelings, and behaviors?
This common relapse acronym helps identify triggers by reminding you to watch out for being Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired.
What is HALT?
The Doctor’s Opinion describes alcoholics as having this ____, which sets them apart from normal drinkers.
What is a physical allergy (to alcohol)?
Addiction is often described as _____, meaning it lasts over time and may require lifelong management.
What is a chronic disease?