| Signs and Symptoms | Coping skills | Realpse Prevention/Causes | 12 Steps | Self Acceptance |
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Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired.
What is HALT?
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Talk to someone, Distract, DBT skills, Go to a meeting, Endure
What are two coping skills?
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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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NA, AA, CMA, MA, CA, HA, CODA, Celebrate Recovery, Quest 180, SMART Recovery, Grief groups, Mental Heath Groups
What are three different types of support group meetings?
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You dwell on your mistakes, You compare yourself to others, You don’t give your own ideas a fair chance, You spend too much time on your past failures, You can't take compliments, and You are unrealistic!
What are 6 common signs that you are being too hard on yourself?
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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 give two examples?
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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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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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Separate yourself from your emotions AND Let go of the things you can’t change or control!
What are ways you can begin accepting yourself?
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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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7pm Speaker Meeting Elk River Alano, 5:30 NA meetings Elk River Alano, 10:30 Meeting Monticello Alano,....
What are three meetings and their times within a 50 mile radius of NAL?
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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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We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understand him.
What is the 3rd Step?
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Reckoning with yourself. It’s an acknowledgement of your shortcomings, character, strengths, habits, and tendencies. It’s about facing the truth and accepting that reality. Once you know where you are, you can make a reasonable plan to move forward.
What is Self-Acceptance?
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The Wall (90-120days)
In what Stage of Recovery do we see the most PAWS symptoms occurring?
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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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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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Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob
Who were the two founders of AA?
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We’re hard on ourselves. Many of us are more understanding and forgiving of others than we are of ourselves. It doesn’t make a lot of sense. If anyone is going to be on your side, it should be you!
Why Accepting Yourself is So Challenging?
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Parallel Process
This process occurs in family members when their loved one/addict starts to get sober.
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Playing the Tape, Coping Ahead, Urge Surfing, Wise Mind, DEAR MAN, GIVE, FAST....
What are four different DBT skills?
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Cognitive Distortions
What is another name given to the following thinking errors: Magnification/Minimization, Heaven's Reward Fallacy, Black and White thinking...
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Ohio 1935
What year and state was AA founded in?
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Live by your values, Dress up, Set a small goal and achieve it, Make a list of the things you appreciate about yourself, and List your greatest successes. R
What are strategies to build self-esteem and self-confidence?
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