What is Relapse?
Emotional, Mental, and Physical
What are the stages of relapse?
Irritibility, Isolating, Bottling up Emotions, Not Asking for Help, Changing Routine, POOR SELF CARE
What are emotional relapse warning signs?
Internal and External
What are types of triggers?
The three environmental factors that make a situation high-risk
What are people, places, and things?
Brushing teeth, going to the doctor regularly, attending counseling, good hygiene are examples
What is positive self care?
The definition of a relapse.
What is the process of returning to actively using a substance of choice after a period of abstinence?
Thinking about people, places or things; lying to others; minimizing consequences of past relapses; looking for opportunities to use without getting caught; bargaining
What are mental relapse warning signs?
The difference between cravings and urges
Craving-"I want it badly"
Urge-"I have to do it now"
One of the ways to avoid high-risk situations
What is being aware?
What is self-care?
What is relax?
What is avoid environmental triggers?
What is make a list?
Types of support groups
What is AA, NA, SMART...etc.
A key factor of emotional relapse
What is denial?
A key factor of an emotional relapse
What is denial?
People, places, things, activities, objects
What are external triggers
The acronym HALT stands for this.
What is hungry, angry, lonely, tired?
This phrase means to not worry about the past or the future and is essential in relapse prevention
Live in the moment
or
Just for Today
The length of time it takes to physically relapse
What are days, weeks, or months?
The "essence of emotional relapse" (Dr. Steven Melemis)
What is poor self care?
Feelings, thoughts, emotions
What are internal triggers?
The time of day the strongest cravings occur
What is the end of the day?
This occurs when we do not follow a schedule and can lead to a relapse
Down time
or
Boredom
This former Prime Minister said, "You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it"
Who is Margaret Thatcher?
Replacing one addiction for another is in this type of relapse stage
What is emotional relapse?
Types of Cravings
What are physical and mental?
The definition of a high-risk situation from the PowerPoint
What are situations or events that pose a threat to a person's sobriety?
The three steps of relapse prevention planning
What are:
1) Identify causes of past relapses
2) Make a list of scenarios that could lead to a relapse
3) Make a plan for what you will do instead of using