Coping Skills
This technique involves focusing on your breath to calm your nervous system.
What is deep breathing?
This type of trigger comes from within, such as stress or loneliness.
What is an internal trigger?
Attending this type of meeting regularly can help maintain sobriety.
What is a support meeting?
This chronic condition is characterized by compulsive substance use despite harmful consequences.
What is addiction?
This type of breathing focuses on awareness of each breath.
What is mindful breathing?
A method to stay in the present moment by noticing things around you, like sights and sounds.
What is grounding?
Seeing a specific location associated with substance use is an example of this type of trigger.
What is an external trigger?
This is a written plan for handling high-risk situations.
What is a relapse prevention plan?
Addiction impacts this part of the brain responsible for decision-making and impulse control.
What is prefrontal cortex?
Paying attention to the present moment without judgment is called this.
What is mindfulness?
This practice helps regulate emotions by training your attention to the present moment.
What is mindfulness?
Holidays and celebrations can often trigger cravings due to this.
What are social pressures?
Relapse often occurs in three stages, emotional, mental, and ______.
What is physical relapse?
This brain chemical, reduced by substance use, is associated with feelings of pleasure and reward.
Observing your thoughts and emotions as if they were passing clouds is called this.
What is cognitive defusion?
Writing down your thoughts and feelings is an example of this type of coping skill.
What is journaling?
This strategy involves identifying and avoiding high-risk situations.
What is trigger management?
Building this with sober friends and family can help reduce relapse risk.
What is a support network?
The process of the brain rewiring itself through new behaviors and learning.
What is neuroplasticity?
Mindfulness often involves focusing on these five senses.
What are sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell?
Calling this kind of person can help provide emotional support when you're struggling.
Who is a sponsor or trusted friend?
Identifying emotions before they escalate is an example of this type of trigger prevention.
What is emotional awareness?
This technique involves replacing negative thoughts with positive ones.
What is cognitive restructuring?
False beliefs and stigma often lead people to think addiction is this.
This mindfulness exercise involves describing objects around you in detail.
What is grounding?