RELAPSE PREVENTION
A plan that identifies risks and strategies for avoiding or responding to substance use is called this.
What is a relapse prevention plan?
When the body adapts to a substance and needs more of it to get the same effect, this is called what?
What is tolerance?
A person, place, feeling, situation, or reminder that increases the urge to use is called this.
What is a trigger?
Talking to a trusted adult, counselor, sponsor, family member, or supportive friend uses this recovery resource.
What is social support?
Removing substances or paraphernalia from your surroundings is an example of this relapse-prevention strategy.
What is environmental control?
Name two things that should be identified when creating a relapse prevention plan.
What are triggers, warning signs, coping skills, supportive people, environmental risks, healthy activities, or goals.
Physical symptoms that can occur when someone stops or reduces a substance are called this.
What is withdrawal?
Stress, relationships, boredom, and difficult emotional states are all examples of these.
What are common relapse triggers?
Deep breathing, journaling, exercising, listening to music, and talking to someone are examples of these.
What are healthy coping skills?
People, places, events, relationships, times of day, and easy access to substances can all become this type of trigger.
What are environmental triggers?
True or False: A relapse prevention plan should only focus on what to do once someone is already experiencing a strong craving.
What is false? A relapse prevention plan also focuses on recognizing risks early and reducing the chances of reaching that point.
Genetics and changes in the brain are examples of which side of addiction: biological or environmental?
What is biological?
Changes in thoughts, feelings, or behaviors that suggest someone may be moving closer to substance use are called these.
What are warning signs?
Sports, art, music, hiking, gaming appropriately, volunteering, or other substance-free hobbies fall into this part of relapse prevention.
What are recreational activities/healthy activities?
Someone knows that going to a certain party will put them around people who are using. Choosing not to attend is an example of what?
What is modifying/controlling the environment to reduce relapse risk?
Someone notices they are isolating, skipping healthy activities, and thinking more about past substance use. What should they do according to a relapse prevention plan?
What is recognize the warning signs and use coping skills/supports before the situation gets worse?
Friends who use substances, family influences, stress, and easy access to substances are examples of these influences on addiction.
What are environmental factors?
Isolating, stopping healthy routines, romanticizing past substance use, and reconnecting with people associated with use could all indicate this.
What is increased relapse risk/relapse warning signs?
Why can boredom and too much unstructured time increase relapse risk?
They can increase isolation, overthinking, impulsive decisions, cravings, or returning to old routines.
Which goal is more useful: "I'm going to do better" OR "I will attend one recovery meeting each week for the next month"?
What is "I will attend one recovery meeting each week for the next month"?
Why is it important to create a relapse prevention plan before you are in a high-risk situation or experiencing strong cravings?
Because planning ahead helps you recognize risks and know what coping skills, supports, or actions to use before the situation becomes harder to manage.
Gambling, gaming, shopping, or another rewarding behavior becoming compulsive despite negative consequences can be described as this type of addiction.
What is a process/behavioral addiction?
What is the difference between a trigger and a warning sign?
A trigger is something that can increase thoughts, cravings, or urges to use; a warning sign is a change in the person that may indicate increasing relapse risk.
A strong relapse prevention plan should include more than simply saying, "I won't use." Name three things it could include.
What are coping skills, supportive people, healthy activities, trigger management, warning signs, environmental changes, and recovery goals?
What four qualities are represented by the SMART goal letters S-M-A-R-T?
What are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound?