| Signs and Symptoms | Coping Skills | Relapse Preventions/Causes | 12 Steps and Celebrities' | DBT Skills |
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Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired
What is H.A.L.T.? What do you think it could stand for?
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Talk to someone, Distract, Go to a meeting, Calling your sponsor
What are two coping skills to prevent mental relapse?
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Meetings, Sponsor, Healthy Family, Healthy Friends, Group members, Church
What are three people/places that you can go to get support in your recovery?
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God, Grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the Courage to Change the things I can, and the Wisdom to know the difference.
What is the Serenity Prayer?
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy
What does DBT stand for?
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Cross addiction is when we replace our main drug/activity of choice with another unhealthy activity.
-Gambling, Sex, Shopping, Video Games, Relationships
What is cross addiction and what are 2 examples of cross addiction?
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Learning a new skill, Self Care, Positive Affirmations, Engage with Healthy People
What are two ways that we can see improvement in self esteem?
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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
What are three possible signs that a relapse may be approaching?
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Ohio 1935
What year and state was AA founded in?
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Radical Acceptance
What is the DBT skills that mean similarly to the term, "it is what it is"?
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Post Acute Withdrawal Symptoms
- Disrupted sleep, Change in mood, Foggy mind, Irritability
What is PAWS and give 3 examples?
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Raised Self Esteem, Better Mental Health, Decrease in Cravings/Urges, Better able to deal with Cravings, Better Emotional Management, Healthier
relationships...
What are four benefits from having and using healthy coping skills?
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Dry Drunk/User
What is the term for when someone is no longer actively using/drinking but still is engaging in the same old behaviors?
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Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob
Who were the two founders of AA?
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Vision, Taste, Hearing, Touch, Smell
Name the 5 senses for Distress Tolerance self soothing skills
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Medication Assisted Treatment. Used to decrease cravings. Examples: Methadone, Naltrexone
What does MAT stand for? What do people use MAT for? Name 2 examples of MAT
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5 things you can see, 4 things you can touch, 3 things you can hear, 2 things you can smell, 1 thing you can taste
What is the 5-4-3-2-1 exercise?
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A warning sign of when old thoughts/behaviors start to creep back into a recovering person's thought process.
-"I can have just one", "It will be different this time", "I'm doing so much better now", "I've learned my lesson"
What is "Stinkin' Thinkin'" and give 2 examples?
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Daniel Radcliffe
This celebrity struggled with alcohol abuse whilst filming the later movies in the series "Harry Potter". He sought treatment and has been in recovery since 2010.
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Black and white thinking is "all or nothing" thinking. Living in the grey is being okay to not know the future "maybe maybe not, i'll find out".
What is "living in the grey" rather than black and white
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Seizures
Why is it dangerous to detox independently and without medical assistance (alcohol & benzos)
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four A's: avoid, alter, adapt or accept
What are the four A's in coping skills. Ex: You are faced with a trigger situation, think of 4 A's
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Swiss cheese has holes in it. When we identify the holes/vulnerable parts of our life/mind, we can develop a place to help support ourselves through those challenging times.
What is Swiss Cheese Method?
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Russell Bran
What comedian reinvented the 12 steps to fit their own recovery journey.
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To communicate, elevated emotions (anger, distress), acceptance
Name 3 problem areas which someone would need to use DBT skills?
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