Relapse Drift
Working an active program that helps you maintain long term sobriety.
What is Recovery?
Reframing thoughts to decrease the intensity of our emotions
What is CBT?
Mood swings, anxiety, low enthusiasm, poor concentration, Disrupted sleep
What are some symptoms of PAWS
True of false
Relapse doesn't happen until you use.
What is false
Emotional, physical, intellectual, Social, Spiritual,vocational.
What are the components of living in Balance?
{Preoccupation, Ritual, Acting Out, Consequences
What IS the Addiction cycle
First thoughts that are often extreme/intense
very closely linked to our emotions
What are cognitive distortions?
3 months to 2 years or longer
What is the normal time that someone in recovery to experience symptoms of PAWS
Internal dysfunction, external dysfunction, loss of control
What are the 3 elements of relapse
Talk to someone, Journal, Relaxation, meditation, distraction, Playing the tape through.
These are ways to conquer cravings
Precontemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, Action, Maintainence
What are the 5 stages of change?
Less than perfect outcomes results in failure
What is an example all or nothing thinking?
Stress and cognitive dysfunction
What are the leading contributing factors to relapse.
Term used to describe a person who is "abstinent without recovery.
What is a dry drunk
Can be used to re frame thoughts/ Feelings
What are CBT/ DBT
Reminiscing about the good times under the influence
What is glorification?
Dwelling on negatives and ignoring the positives?
What is Mental Filtering?
Relapse is this, not an event
What is a process?
Fantasies of escaping or being rescued from it all when it is unlikely to happen?
What is daydreaming/ Wishful thinking?
Developing a pattern of behaviors and activities on a regular basis to support recovery and maintain accountability
What is structure/ Time Management.
Inner conflict, Denying the connection, Romancing the high, Magical and Circular thinking are examples of thinking.
What are High Risk situations?
Because you feel something is true, then it must be true.
What is Emotional Reasoning?
People, places, and things
What are triggers?
Failure to see the big picture
What is tunnel vision.
Understanding what you are/ aren't in control of
What is serenity