Ready for Change
Feeling good right away
What is instant gratification?
Something you should keep in your pocket/wallet at all times
What is a coping card?
Acting without thinking
What is impulsive behavior?
The thoughts, things, or emotions that come before you drink or use drugs (another name for them is triggers)
What are antecedents?
Acronym used to remember to stop and think about how you are feeling
What is H.A.L.T.?
What are lasting effects of drug use?
Sharing with a supportive person, keeping a journal, making a poster, writing a poem or jingle, using pictures, etc.
What are ways to remind you of your reasons for change?
Drugs that speed up bodily functions
What are stimulants?
What happens when you use drugs
What is behavior?
Thoughts that keep you stuck in current situation
What is stinky/stinkin' thinking?
To understand why you use drugs or alcohol and your reasons for wanting to make a change
What is the first step in recovery?
Someone from the program you should feel comfortable sharing your reasons for change with
What is a sponsor?
Drugs that slow the body down
What are depressants?
What happens after you have used alcohol or drugs (can by physical, emotional or social effects)
What are consequences?
When a person goes from social use to needing a drug or alcohol.
What is addiction?
Numbness, coping skills, anxiety relief, pain relief, etc.
What are good things about drugs and alcohol?
Relationships that are important to you, goals you want to reach, ways your health might improve, and activities you want to pursue
What are reasons for making a change?
Aggression, memory loss, nausea, over eating, panic attacks, poor balance, tremors, vomiting, heart problems, etc.
What are health problems substance use can cause?
Physical pain, frustration, loneliness, parties, special occasions, seeing alcohol or drugs, etc.
What are examples of common triggers?
What is hop over?
To make or become different
What is change?
The general desire or willingness of someone to do something
What is motivation?
The part of your brain that regulates basic body functions
Ventral tegmental area
Exercising, sleeping, guided meditation, eating a sandwich, calling someone, going to a meeting, talking with a counselor, etc.
What are examples of coping skills?
Every day is important, one day at a time, I can do this, the best way to reward myself is being substance free, etc.
What are examples of healthy thinking?