Group Topics
Knowing emergency numbers, crisis lines, or treatment contacts is part of creating this kind of plan.
What is a safety plan?
This skill involves identifying situations, emotions, and people that increase the risk of using.
What is identifying triggers?
This DBT skill teaches clients to tolerate painful emotions without making impulsive decisions.
What is distress tolerance?
This occurs when the body adapts to a substance and experiences symptoms when use stops.
What is dependence?
This rapper and producer has spoken publicly about his sobriety journey after years of alcohol and drug addiction.
Who is Eminem?
This distress tolerance concept focuses on accepting reality as it is instead of fighting it.
What is radical acceptance?
Having too much unstructured time can increase relapse risk because it often leads to this emotional experience.
What is boredom?
Burnout and emotional exhaustion often increase when people fail to practice this important coping habit.
What is self-care?
Alcohol is classified as this type of nervous system drug because it slows brain and body functioning.
What is a depressant?
This comedian and TV host has discussed recovery after struggles with alcohol and cocaine addiction.
Who is Drew Barrymore?
These are the two dysregulated states outside the “window of tolerance,” often involving either emotional shutdown or emotional overwhelm.
What are hypoarousal and hyperarousal?
This technique encourages clients to notice a craving without acting on it, like riding a wave until it passes.
What is urge surfing?
Planning out meals, meetings, exercise, and downtime helps create this recovery-supportive factor
What is structure/routine?
Repeated stimulant use may lead to this mental health symptom involving paranoia, hallucinations, or delusions.
What is psychosis?
This boxer, once known for severe substance use struggles, later became an advocate for recovery and wellness.
Who is Mike Tyson?
A person in recovery begins spending time around old using environments and people from active addiction while believing they can manage the exposure without consequences. What type of relapse risk factor is this an example of?
What is a high-risk situation?
This stage of relapse happens before any substance use occurs and often involves mood changes and isolation.
What is emotional relapse?
The ability to manage emotions without acting impulsively is known as this.
What is emotional regulation?
Repeated alcohol withdrawal episodes can increase the risk of this severe medical emergency involving seizures, confusion, and hallucinations.
What is delirium tremens?
This celebrity chef has openly discussed recovery from heroin addiction and alcoholism.
Who is Anthony Bourdain?
According to the Stages of Change Model, name all six stages in order from earliest recognition to long-term recovery maintenance.
What are precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance, and relapse?
This emotional relapse symptom involves suppressing emotions rather than processing them appropriately.
What is emotional avoidance?
Calling a sponsor before acting on cravings is an example of using this recovery tool.
What is accountability?
Repeated vomiting from alcohol misuse can tear the lining of this structure connecting the mouth to the stomach.
What is the esophagus?
This country singer has openly discussed sobriety after years of alcohol addiction and legal troubles.
Who is Tim McGraw?