Triggers 1
Feelings, experiences, people, places, and things that you associate with your drinking or drug use.
What is a trigger/triggers?
There are ___ types of triggers.
What is 3 (types of triggers)?
The first step in dealing with triggers.
What is identifying them?
There are __ steps from trigger to relapse.
What is 4 (steps)?
If you are not exposed to a trigger it _______ affect you.
What is cannot/can't (affect you)?
_________ triggers are feelings that people have before or during using.
What is internal (triggers)?
______________ triggers are related to the senses of sight, sound, taste, and touch.
What is sensory (triggers)?
Most people keep triggers to themselves and suffer silently. One way to deal with triggers is by __________ about them.
What is talking (about them)?
Or speaking
Step 2 of a trigger leading to relapse is __________.
What is a thought?
Saying "No!" and snapping a rubber band on your wrist is called
What is snapping?
__________ triggers are the people, places, and things associated with using.
What is external (triggers)?
Using when you feel angry, lonely, depressed, or bored is a __________ trigger.
What is internal (trigger)?
After I identify a trigger, I can start _________ them.
What is avoiding (them)?
Or ignore, walking away from.
Step 3 of a trigger leading to relapse is _________.
What is a craving?
Relaxation technique to avoid relapse.
What is yoga, meditation, or deep breathing?
A certain day of the week, such as Friday, can be a ________ trigger.
What is external (trigger)?
I was driving in my neighborhood and see an old friend I used to get high with. What kind of trigger did I have?
What is an external trigger?
For triggers that cannot be avoided, I can interrupt them by doing a __________ activity.
What is healthy (activity)?
Or positive, sober.
Step 4 of a trigger leading to relapse is _________?
What is use/using/relapse?
If you normally used substances on pay day, but now you call your sponsor and attend NA meetings on pay day, you avoided relapse by changing your _________.
What is routine?
Or habits.
Without realizing it, people connect drug use with _________, __________, and things.
What is people; places?
Sugar from a packet of Splenda can be a __________ trigger.
What is a sensory (trigger)?
When cravings build up it can lead to _________.
What is relapse?
Darlene sees her old dealer at the store. Seeing him automatically leads to _______.
What is a thought?
Changing your thinking from thoughts about drugs/using to another subject such as something peaceful or comfortable.
What is the mental switch technique?