Relapse Prevention
This stage of relapse involves a person experiencing stress, isolation, poor self-care, or difficulty managing emotions before they are even thinking about using.
What is emotional relapse?
This emotion says, “I did something bad.”
What is guilt?
This brain chemical is strongly associated with the brain's reward and motivation system and plays an important role in addiction.
What is dopamine?
This phrase is commonly used in recovery to describe focusing on what you can do today rather than worrying about staying sober forever.
What is "one day at a time"?
This A Star Is Born actor has spoken publicly about getting sober in his 20s and has described sobriety as one of the most important things in his life.
Who is Bradley Cooper?
In this stage, a person may begin thinking about using, romanticizing past use, or bargaining with themselves.
What is mental relapse?
This emotion says, “I am a bad person.”
What is shame?
Over time, repeated substance use can cause the brain to become less responsive to the substance's effects. This can contribute to:
What is tolerance?
In recovery, "HALT" commonly stands for these four things that can increase vulnerability to relapse.
What are Hungry, Angry, Lonely, and Tired?
This British music icon has been open about his history of cocaine and alcohol addiction. After years of substance use, he entered treatment and has publicly celebrated his sobriety, which began in 1990.
Who is Elton John?
You've been doing really well in recovery, so you stop attending meetings and therapy because you "don't need them anymore." What warning sign is this?
What is overconfidence/complacency?
Name three life experiences that may contribute to shame.
Emotional/sexual/physical abuse, abadonment, substance use, bullying, public failure, physical appearance, authoritarian parenting, and financial struggles
This category of substance is particularly associated with increased heart rate, increased blood pressure, and decreased appetite.
What is stimulants?
Name 3 different types of recovery meetings someone might attend to support their sobriety.
What are AA, NA, SMART Recovery, Celebrate Recovery, CA?
This Oscar-winning actress has spoken openly about experimenting with substances when she was younger and later recognizing the potential danger of her lifestyle. Becoming a mother became an important part of how she viewed her life and the choices she was making.
Who is Angelina Jolie?
Going to a bar and being around people who use substances is considered...
What is high risk situation?
Which emotion focuses more on behavior, while the other focuses more on identity/self-worth?
What are guilt = behavior and shame = identity?
This substance class can cause sedation, impaired coordination, physical dependence, and potentially dangerous withdrawal.
What is Benzodiazepines?
Which month is nationally recognized as Recovery Month in the United States?
What is September?
This actor, famous for movies such as Pulp Fiction, Snakes on a Plane, and Django Unchained, has openly talked about struggling with drugs and alcohol earlier in his career. He entered treatment in the early 1990s and has spoken about how getting sober changed the direction of his life.
Who is Samuel L. Jackson?
Name four coping skills someone could use when experiencing a strong craving.
Examples: call someone, leave the environment, exercise, attend a meeting, distract themselves, journal, practice urge surfing, or using relapse prevention plan
Name two ways to combat shame.
What is self-compassion, processing/talking about the emotion, challenging the negative self-talk, amends?
Why can suddenly stopping heavy, prolonged alcohol use be dangerous?
What is alcohol withdrawal can cause serious complications, including seizures or delirium tremens, and typically requires medical detox?
This 12-step fellowship provides support to people whose lives have been affected by someone else’s drinking, rather than being specifically for the person with the alcohol use disorder.
What is Al-Anon?
This British singer-songwriter, known for hits like Shape of You, Perfect, and Thinking Out Loud, has openly discussed making changes to his relationship with alcohol after realizing that drinking was affecting his lifestyle and well-being. He has spoken about cutting back and taking periods away from alcohol, particularly after becoming a father.
Who is Ed Sheeran?