Triggers
This type of trigger includes emotions like anger, sadness, or boredom.
What is an emotional trigger?
Going for a walk, calling a friend, or deep breathing are examples of these.
What are coping strategies?
Isolating from others and skipping meetings are early signs of this.
What is relapse?
This person helps hold you accountable and reminds you of your goals.
Who is a sponsor?
Getting enough of this every night helps your brain and body recover.
What is sleep?
Being in this kind of place, like a bar or a friend’s house where drugs are used, can trigger a relapse.
What is a high-risk environment?
This written item helps you identify your high-risk situations and how to manage them.
What is a relapse prevention plan?
This internal state often comes before emotional or physical relapse.
What is mental relapse?
These free, peer-led meetings are found in almost every community.
What are 12-step meetings (or support groups)?
This physical activity helps reduce stress, anxiety, and cravings.
What is exercise?
These types of triggers are related to things you see, smell, or hear that remind you of past use.
What are sensory triggers?
This mindfulness-based practice can help you stay grounded in moments of stress.
What is meditation or deep breathing?
Making excuses or glamorizing past drug use are examples of this warning sign.
What is rationalization?
This term refers to the circle of people you can lean on during recovery.
What is a support network?
Eating regularly and choosing healthy foods helps prevent these mood swings.
What are blood sugar crashes?
This “H.A.L.T.” acronym is used to identify common triggers that lead to relapse.
What is hungry, angry, lonely, tired?
The technique of challenging negative or irrational thoughts is part of this therapy style.
What is cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)?
When you start to think, “I can just use once and be fine,” you’re experiencing this.
What is justification or denial?
This is a professional who provides therapy and relapse prevention tools.
What is a counselor or therapist?
Creating daily habits and structure helps prevent this relapse trigger.
What is boredom?
This kind of trigger isn’t always obvious and may not show up until weeks or months into recovery.
What is a hidden or delayed trigger?
This 3-step approach to cravings includes delaying, distracting, and deciding.
What is the 3 D’s?
This is when someone begins relapsing emotionally or mentally long before picking up a substance.
What is a relapse process?
Telling your support system what’s really going on is this important recovery behavior.
What is being honest?
Learning to say this two-letter word helps avoid high-risk people and situations.
What is "no"?