Types of Treatment
A facility or a section of a hospital or clinic in which people undergo the process of ridding their body from certain drugs and alcohol in a medically supervised manner.
What is a detoxification / detox
Information or an emergency kit to help an individual from using again. This kit could include 12 step information, important phone numbers, healthy recreational activities to participate in.
What is a Relapse Prevention Plan
A slip from recovery where the person returns back to their old habit/ addictive behavior
What is a relapse?
Cultivate an attitude of ____
What is Gratitude
Process that allows you to sit still, clear your mind, and focus on breathing.
What is meditation
A form of treatment wear the patient lives in a recovery facility
What is Inpatient treatment or residential treatment.
This person will help you navigate the program and is someone you can rely on is a time of need.
What is a sponsor
Use despite negative consequences - chronic, biological brain disease -Psychological dependence -Physical dependence
What is Addiction
Progress not _____.
What is Perfection
The habit of recording and reflecting on things (typically three) that you are grateful for on a regular basis.
What is Gratitude Journaling
You can go to this person to talk about your feelings one on one.
What is a therapist
One of the most common & effective coping skills a person in early recovery can develop is, this string of behaviors characterized by "a sequence of actions regularly followed"...
What is a routine
People, Places, or Things that cause people to have thoughts associated with substance misuse.
What are triggers
We are only as sick as our ____.
What are Secrets.
This type of exercise uses mental distractions to help redirect your thoughts away from distressing feelings and back to the present.
What is grounding
At least 3 hours per day... 3 days per week... After Residential treatment
What is IOP or Intensive Out Patient Services
For the best chance of staying sober, what is the MINIMUM length of time a person should stay in treatment?
What is 90 days
This increases as you continue to drink/use, requiring you to need more of your substance to feel the same high.
What is Tolerance
Practice healthy ___ ____ to overcome cravings and triggers.
What is Coping Skills
If you find yourself having a desire to drink or get high and you are debating what to do, a great tool is to____ by playing out what will happen in your mind until the very end .
What is play the tape through/ forward
This type of treatment involves the use of medications, in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies, to provide a “whole-patient” approach to the treatment of substance use disorders.
What is Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)
Self-Management and Recovery Training is also known as what?
What is SMART recovery
Drugs cause this chemical in your brain to release more then normal amounts.
What is Dopamine
Our brain learns by _________ and _________
What is Repetition and reward
This skill is useful when noticing that our emotions may be causing us to want to act impulsively on unhealthy behaviors.
Stop moving
Take a step back
Observe
Proceed mindfully