Triggers
What does HALT stand for?
Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired
What are the 3 stages of relapse?
Emotional, Mental, and Physical
Name 5 coping skills
We make many of these a day with our mind and one of the best ways to improve our lives is to practice making good ones:
Decisions/Choices
What are the three types of triggers?
Social, Emotional, and Environmental
When your emotions and behaviors are setting you up for potential relapse, but you're not necessarily thinking about using.
Emotional Relapse
What is the term for "non-judgmental awareness and acceptance of the present moment"?
Mindfulness
This describes the way we present and express ourselves. If we have a negative one we should want to change it to grateful and positive
Attitude
What is an internal trigger and give an example
Thoughts or emotions that make you want to use drugs
This stage of relapse includes using one's substance of choice.
Physical relapse
This type of coping skill involves the release of the body's natural endorphins which can lead to increased mood and attention as well as decreased stress and anxiety
Exercise
These are the things that you believe are important in the way you live and work.
They determine your priorities, and, deep down, they're probably the measures you use to tell if your life is turning out the way you want it to.
Values
What is an external trigger and give 2 examples
Factors outside of yourself that make you want to use drugs (people, places, things)
When you're mind is battling between using and not using.
Mental relapse
This technique involves shifting the way that you percieve a problem
Reframing
You can have ups and downs along the way but what matters most is that you keep moving forward. If that is true then you are steadily making this
Progress
Excessive ______ is associated with drug addiction and can precipitate cravings and relapse.
Stress
Give an example of a mental and emotional relapse
Emotional: Isolation, Not attending meetings, suppressing emotions, sleeping or eating problems, etc
Mental: reminiscing about past use, minimizing consequences of use, craving drugs/alcohol, lying/bargaining, thinking of ways to control use, planning to use, etc
What are three benefits of having healthy coping skills
Decrease negative mental health symptoms, manage cravings, manage emotions, improvement in mood, Higher Self-Esteem, Etc.
This involves all the people, places and things that you surround yourself with and that you choose to be connected to
Associations