Meetings, Sponsor, Healthy Family, Healthy Friends, Group members, Church are examples of
What is support in recovery?
Interacting with old using friends, Engaging in cross addiction, Going to old using places, Irritation, Poor emotional control, Isolation, Stop going to meetings/talking to sponsor are examples of what may be approaching
What are signs that a relapse may be approaching?
someone is no longer actively using/drinking but still is engaging in the same old behaviors is an example of
Dry Drunk/User. (Also someone at risk of relapse)
"I can have just one", "It will be different this time", "I'm doing so much better now", "I've learned my lesson" are examples of
A warning sign of when old thoughts/behaviors start to creep back into a recovering person's thought process. Also known as stinkin' thinkin'.
These symptoms (Disrupted sleep, Change in mood, Foggy mind, Irritability, Impaired Decision Making) last for up to two years of recovery and is called
What is PAWS/Post Acute Withdrawal
Black and white thinking, all or nothing, self-fulfilling prophecy are examples of
What are thinking errors or cognitive distortions?