Recovery
Nickname for AA book.
What is the big book?
Give 3 examples of external triggers.
(Be specific)
People, places, and things- can be pretty much anything.
Being OK with life on life's terms; willing to tolerate any situation.
What is Acceptance?
One way to cope is to _______ yourself from the stressor.
What is remove/distance?
True or False: It is best to keep using thoughts, dreams, cravings, to yourself because talking about them will make them worse.
What is False?
Holding onto anger and refusing to forgive someone for a wrongdoing is called _____________.
What is Resentment.
Two common types (categories) of triggers are External and __________.
What are internal triggers?
What is Mindfulness?
This involves writing out the things you are thankful for.
What is a gratitude list?
Principles before ___________.
What are personalities?
This is what PAWS stands for.
What is Post Acute Withdraw Syndrome?
The period after active withdrawal where the body is continuing to recover after addiction.
You should "H.A.L.T." when you feel triggered, and check for these feelings.
What is Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired?
Some people use emotions to make their decisions while others use logic or reason. DBT _____-mind, uses a little of each.
What is Wise-mind?
Activity that can improve sleep, increase energy, reduce stress and anxiety, improve well-being, and increase mental alertness.
What is exercise?
True or False: It is possible to have withdrawal symptoms for up to two years after you stop using drugs or alcohol.
What is True?
A practice using techniques – such as mindfulness – to train attention and awareness, and achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm, and stable state.
What is meditation?
What is dopamine?
An individual’s ability to cope with adversity and adapt to challenges or change. This develops over time and gives an individual the capacity not only to cope with life’s challenges but also to be better prepared for the next stressful situation.
What is resiliency?
This coping skill comes naturally, we just have to pay attention to it.
What is breathing?
Let go of ____ ______.
What are old ideas?
This is the stage in the process of changing a behavior where people are aware of a problem and are thinking about how to overcome it. However, they have not yet made a commitment to take action. Stage one is precontemplation, stage two is ___________, stage three is preparation, stage four is action, stage five is maintenance.
What is the contemplation stage?
A sight or image that can prompt someone to use drugs or alcohol again by activating a subconscious response in the brain.
What is a visual trigger?
"What fires together wires together" is an example of _______________. Your brain is malleable and changes with what you repeatedly do or think.
What is Neuroplasticity?
DBT "TIP" skills include temperature change, intense exercise and _____ _________"
(Hint: starts with P)
What is paced breathing?
We are only as ____ as our ______.
What is sick as our secrets?