Stages of Relapse
True or False
Triggers
Relapse Prevention
MISC
Coping Skills
Thoughts
100

What are the Three Stages of Relapse 

Emotional, Mental, & Physical 

100

Signs of emotional relapse are also the symptoms of PAWS

True 

100

Name the process of craving. 

Trigger, thought, craving. 

100

What are three people/places that you can go to get support in recovery?

Meetings, sponsors, healthy family, healthy friends, group members, church, etc.

100

True or False: A relapse prevention plan should not be revised and re-evaluated 

False. A relapse prevention plan should be continually looked at and re-evaluated to ensure that it fits current feelings, situations, etc. 

100

What are Coping Skills?

A set of skills that someone uses in order to avoid and deal with triggers and cravings.

100

What are self-defeating thoughts? 

Cognitive Distortions

200

What type of relapse is the act of using alcohol or another drug 

Physical Relapse 

200

Relapse prevention involves focusing on the early stages when it's still easier to do something

True 

200

What are internal triggers?

A thought or a feeling that can create a craving to use.

200

Talking to someone, learning to ask for help, and practicing honesty can be examples of?

Relapse prevention skill or coping skill 

200

It is referred to as an inability to maintain behavior change over time.

Relapse

200

Name two coping skills

Talking to someone, grounding techniques, deep breathing, meditation, distraction activity, etc.

200

What Cognitive Distortion does this describe?

Your coworker was a saint until she ate your sandwich.  Now, you cannot stand her. 

Polarization or All-Or-Nothing Thinking

Thinking about yourself and the world in an "all-or-nothing" way. 

300

What type of relapse is fantasizing about using, lying, looking for opportunities to use, etc.

Mental Relapse

300

The key to relapse prevention is to understand that it happens gradually

True

300

What are external triggers?

People, Places, and Things

300

In order to increase ___ you may need to find new goals, engage in exciting events, exercise, and eat more protein. 

Dopamine

300

Returning to undesirable behaviors despite consequences; often after rehabilitation. 

Recidivism. 

300

What are two benefits from having and using healthy coping skills?

Raised self-esteem, better mental health, decrease in cravings/urges, prevents relapse, etc.

300

What Cognitive Distortion is this an example of?

You feel insecure about your relationship.  So, when you see your partner looking serious you assume they might be losing interest in you. 

Jumping to Conclusions

When you jump to conclusions, you interpret an event or situation negatively without evidence.  Then you react to your assumption. 

400

This is a brief return to use prior to regaining sobriety and engaging in your sobriety network. 

Lapse

400

Relapse prevention involves saying no just before you are about to use.

False. Saying "no" is the final and most difficult stage to stop, which is why people relapse.

400

These types of Triggers focus on Depression, Anxiety, Anger, and other emotions

Internal Triggers

400

What is cross addiction?

When we replace our main drug/activity of choice with another unhealthy activity.

400

Name 5 Recovery Support Meetings.

Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, SMART Recovery, Dharma Recovery, Health Realization, Al-Anon, CMA, SA, etc. 

400

What are cognitive restructuring techniques?

Strategies that focus on challenging and replacing negative thoughts with positive, supportive ones.

400

What Cognitive Disorder does this example describe?

I know they don't really want to help me, that is why I won't ask for any help.

Mind-Reading

500

Beginning to isolate, become complacent, avoiding own problems or emotions are an example of what kind of relapse?

Emotional Relapse 

500

Bargaining, lying, seeing old friends and minimizing the consequences are a part of physical relapse.

False (mental relapse)

500

A reluctance in connecting with your support system or reaching out for help.

Isolation 

500

What are three possible signs that a relapse may be approaching?

Interacting with old friends, engaging in cross addiction, going to old using places, irritation, poor emotional control, isolation, stop going to meetings, not talking to sponsor, etc.

500

You should "H.A.L.T." when you feel triggered, and check for these feelings. What does H.A.L.T. stand for?

Hunger, anger, loneliness, and tiredness 

500

This DBT skill refers to the start, crescendo, and decrease of the intensity of cravings or emotion. 

Urge Surfing/Wave Surfing

500

What Cognitive Distortion is this an example of?

What if my alarm doesn't go off? What if then I'm late for the important meeting? What if I get fired after I've worked so hard for this job?

Catastrophizing

You jump to the worst possible conclusion in every scenario no matter how improbable it is.