Triggers
What does HALT stand for?
What is:
HUNGRY
ANGRY
LONELY
TIRED?
Name the three stages of relapse
What is:
-EMOTIONAL RELAPSE
-MENTAL RELAPSE
-PHYSICAL RELAPSE (going back to using/ drinking)?
Take a step back from stressful situations
Do something positive to get your mind off of things
What is DISTRACTION?
How many people died of an overdose in 2017 in Delaware?
What is 345?
2019 – 19 suspected deaths (1/29)
2018 – Estimated 400+ deaths
2017 – 345 deaths
2016 – 308 deaths
2015 – 228 deaths
2014 – 222 deaths
2013 – 187 deaths
2012 – 172 deaths
What medication(s) do we use to manage alcohol use disorder?
What is:
Naltrexone
Acamprosate (Campral®)
Disulfiram (Antabuse®) - less common
A reluctance to reach out to your support system
A reluctance to form a sober support
What is SOCIAL ISOLATION?
You're not necessarily thinking about using but your emotions and behaviors are setting you up for a possible relapse in the future
What is EMOTIONAL RELAPSE?
Work on things that you've put off
What is GET BUSY?
What is the current average age children start experimenting with drugs and/ or alcohol?
What is age 13?
Define Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for addiction
What is a form of therapy to help individuals recognize, avoid, and cope with the situations in which they are most likely to use drugs/ drink.
What time frame is suggested until an individual in recovery should consider dating?
What is ONE YEAR?
You start using substances again leading to the possibility of uncontrolled usage
What is PHYSICAL RELAPSE?
"Smell the flowers"
Remember why you started this journey
What is GROUND YOURSELF?
What is a Substance Use Disorder?
What is “A problematic pattern of alcohol use leading to clinically significant impairment or distress, as manifested by at least two of the following, occurring within a 12-month period.”
How many peoples first names do you know in this group??
Varying
What trigger can lead to complacency?
What is OVER CONFIDENCE?
A war within your mind! You're conflicted about whether or not you want to use.
You're either casually or actively thinking about using.
What is MENTAL RELAPSE?
Volunteer and remember those less fortunate than you
What is VOLUNTEER YOUR SERVICES TO HELP OTHERS?
.... Step 12
Name three symptoms of Substance Use Disorder:
What is:
○Consuming more than originally planned
○Wanting to stop/failed control efforts
○Time spent using – doing whatever is needed to obtain
○Craving the substance(s)
○Failure to fulfill major role obligations
○Giving up/reducing activities in a person’s life
○Repeated use in a dangerous situation
○Continuation despite health problems
○Continuation despite negative effect on relationships
○Building a tolerance with repeated usage
○Withdrawal symptoms after stopping usage
What do you think are good alternative approaches to help manage pain?
What is:
Not drink or use drugs
PHYSICAL THERAPY
YOGA
SWIMMING
WALKING
RELAXATION TECHNIQUES
BIOFEEDBACK
ACUPUNCTURE
MASSAGE THERAPY
CHIROPRACTIC CARE?
Driving through an old neighborhood where you used to buy drugs or go and drink "kick it"
Catching a familiar smell
What is SOCIAL SITUATIONS?
A window in which you don't believe that you will get caught using substances
Criminal like thinking
What is RELAPSE OPPORTUNITY?
Unbiased people who are dedicated to your best interests
NOT the peers in your barracks!!!
What is TALK TO YOUR SOBER SUPPORT SYSTEM?
What medication(s) do we use to manage opioid dependence?
What is:
Methadone (Dolophine®, Methadose®)
Buprenorphine (Suboxone®, Subutex®, Probuphine® , Sublocade™)
Naltrexone (Vivitrol®)
True or False: Relapse is a sign of failure
What is FALSE