Addiction
What kind of disease is Addiction?
A bio-psycho-social disease
or
A disease of denial
or
A family disease
What is P.A.W
Post Acute Withdrawal
What is the first step in the most stable kind of recovery
Abstinence
What step of Recovery Support Planning is most addressed in this group?
Education
How long does it take to break a habit
4 weeks
Describe Tolerance
A persons body adjusts to the substance, making it so they have to take more of it to experience the same effect
What is a lapse?
An event where a person for a short time returns to addictive behaviors, and returns to recovery quickly
What kind of life is best for recovery
A balanced Life
What kinds of people should be involved in your recovery support plan
Immediate family members
supportive employers
personal friends
self-help group sponsor or program friends
True or False: As long as you take it one day at a time, you don’t need a solid plan
False
The Early Stage of Addiction is characterized by what two things?
Tolerance and Dependence
What is the first step of the relapse process
Change
Name something that can be used to address your spiritual growth
12 Step, mindfulness, church/organized religion, meditation, etc
When planning out your coping skills and the interventions that you would like others to do what is the most important preparatory step
Practice practice practice
Name 4 of your values
Your values
What are two of the four forms of Addictive Thinking
Obsession
Compulstion
Rationalization
Delusion
(Denial is an acceptable response)
What are two of the symptoms of Post Acute Withdrawal.
Challenges with Thinking clearly - Concentration, memory, rigid/repetitive thinking, impaired abstract reasoning
Difficulty managing emotions - numbness, mood swings, overreaction, low stress tolerance
Physical coordination - dizziness, trouble with balance, slow reflexes, poor hand eye coordination
Name two of the elements for a balanced life/life long recovery
No single focus
Spirituality/growth
Relaxation/Stress management
Exercise
Nutrition/Health
Personal Inventory
Social Network
What is the last step of relapse prevention planning
Follow-up and Reinforcement
Integrating planning into your daily life and updating it as you continue to grow and your life changes.
Of the following which is NOT a way to stay focused in recovery
avoid meeting cause you feel like you dont need them..
Addiction affects what part of the brain - you can generalize if you wish
The parts of the brain responsible for rewards and motivation.
What is it that can bring Post Acute Withdrawal into Relapse
Denial
In the Developmental Model of recovery what are the stages of recovery
Pretreatment stage
Stabilization Stage
Early Recovery Stage
Middle Recovery stage
Late Recovery Stage
Maintenance Stage.
Ture or false relapse is apart of recovery
false its apart of addiction
What are 4 of the attitudes of mindfulness