Myth or Fact
Myth
People are not statistics. There may be challenges in treating both substance use disorder and psychiatric disorders, but they are treatable and manageable.
These triggers come from different factors such as feelings, thoughts, and physical sensations.
What are Internal Triggers?
"To slip or fall back into a former condition."
What is Relapse?
An effective relapse prevention plan provides______.
What is Protection?
What percent of relapses are linked to Negative Emotions?
What is 35%
Myth or Fact: The relapse process begins long before the actual substance in taken or before the symptoms of a psychiatric disorder becomes unmanageable.
Fact
Triggers can be identified to prevent relapse.
These types of triggers include people, places, things, rituals, or experiences that remind you and your brain of drinking or using.
What are External Triggers?
A relapse is always a possibility regardless of this.
What is "how long a person has been alcohol or drug free"?
If you want to protect your recovery, you must be ____.
What is Proactive?
What percent of relapses are linked to Inter Personal Conflict?
What is 16%
Myth or Fact: Relapse is inevitable.
Myth
Some alcoholics and addicts may experience relapse, but not all do.
These are internal triggers that are emotions we often express when we are not experiencing "pleasant" emotions. If we find ourselves feeling these, we can look for other signs of relapse.
What are "Favorite Bad Feelings"?
For this, relapse means the symptom of the illness returning after a period of improvement.
Once you identified both internal and external _____, symptoms, and stressors, you can develop a relapse prevention plan.
What percent of relapse is linked to Social Pressure?
What is 20%?
Myth or Fact: Relapse is a great teacher.
Fact
Recovery will be strengthened when a person applies what they learned from a slip or a relapse, such as the need to get a sponsor, attend more meetings, change friends, or speak up to protect their recovery.
Whether good or bad, this can often cause a great deal of stress for people in recovery, however, they are not all relapse factors.
What is change?
Relapse may occur with any chronic condition such as these.
What is "Physical illness, psychiatric disorders, chemical dependency, addiction, other health related issues"
_______ includes knowing hazardous times, milestones, and/or other challenging times that people may wonder if they will make it or somehow sabotage their recovery.
What is Mapping Relapse Danger Points?
What is 5%?
Myth or Fact: If I relapse and go back to drinking or drugging after a period of sobriety, it will take months or years to hit bottom again.
Myth
Addiction is a progressive disease. The brain has a memory that keeps the hands of the "tolerance clock" moving, even during abstinence.
These types of symptoms are not a relapse, however, managing them with coping skills will reduce the risk for relapse
What are Persistent Symptoms?
With psychiatric disorders, some people my experience a relapse when symptoms return after being absent for a while, or that symptoms are present at a lower__________ and then get a lot worse.
What is "degree of severity"?
Brain responses are about ______, not character.
What is Biology?
What percent of relapse is linked to Positive Emotions?
What is 12%?