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Lesson 1: Addiction is Learned
- Describe how you learned to use and why you kept using drugs and alcohol
- Describe the most common causes of relapse
- Describe the key learning required to succeed at relapse prevention
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Lesson 2: Addiction and Mental Health
- List the common mental health problems and disorders caused by the drugs you have used
- List the most common mental health problems for people who experience addiction
- Identify actions you can begin to take about your mental health problems
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Lesson 3: Addiction And Physical Health
- Describe the common physical health problems and disorders caused by abuse of alcohol and drugs
- Describe the common health problems resulting from the addiction lifestyle
- Identify 3 things you can do to start, and to continue to improve your physical health
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Lesson 4: Addiction And Relationships
- Describe the evidence about groups and drinking or using drugs
- Identify the relationship problems that can lead to drug and alcohol use
- Identify 2 values that can lead to more positive relationship decisions
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Lesson 5. How We Think Impacts How We Act
- Describe how thoughts create emotions and impact actions
- Describe how your interpretation of events affects your rehab experience
- Describe how motivation works and why sessions and activities are compulsory
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Lesson 6: Managing Cravings And Urges
- Describe how exaggerated or distorted thinking results in negative emotions
- Describe how obsessive compulsive disorders are similar to impulse control disorders like, drug and alcohol abuse, gambling and compulsive sex
- Describe steps to reduce obsessive thoughts, compulsions, and urges
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Lesson 7: Sleep And Relapse Prevention
- Learn the ways sleep restores the body
- Learn the negative effects of sleep deprivation
- Learn changes you can make to improve your sleep
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Lesson 8: Managing Internal Causes Of Relapse
- Define lifestyle balance and describe why is it important to relapse prevention
- Define internal determinant and describe 6 determinants that can predict or reduce the risk of relapse
- Define high risk situation and identify 2 ways to manage high risk situations
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Lesson 9: Food And Relapse Prevention
- How has addiction impacted my food choices and eating habits?
- How many calories are in a gram of fat, a gram of protein and a gram of carbohydrate?
- What two actions can you take to improve your diet?
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Lesson 10: Exercise And Relapse Prevention
- Identify 3 ways physical exercise improves your body
- List 3 ways exercise can help in your relapse prevention plan
- List 2 things you can start doing today to be more physically active
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Lesson 11: Sex And Relapse Prevention
- Describe how self esteem and sexual activity are related
- List 3 of the impacts of alcohol and drugs on sexual health and 2 actions to increase sexually safety
- Describe 5 boundaries that promote intimacy and 5 violations of intimacy boundaries
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Lesson 12: Medications And Relapse Prevention
- Describe 3 types of negative drug reactions and 4 drug categories that react negatively with alcohol
- List 3 ways in which a doctor or pharmacist can make an error in prescribing medication
- List 5 questions you will need to ask a pharmacist about any new medication
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Lesson 13: Self Control And Relapse Prevention
- Define self control
- Describe self-awareness and self-knowledge and how they can be used to increase self control
- List 5 ways to influence yourself to maintain self control
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Lesson 14: Managing Leftover Toxins
- List 3 negative symptoms that are often experienced during rehab and recovery that result from past drug or alcohol use
- List 3 ways to manage each of the 3 negative symptoms
- Describe the blood sugar cycle, the negative symptoms that result from sudden changes, and 2 simple ways to manage
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Lesson 15: Relationships and Relapse Prevention
- Describe social support and give examples of positive and negative social support
- Describe 4 types of social support and give an example of each
- List 4 actions that help develop a positive support network
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Lesson 16: Unhealthy Relationships and Relapse Prevention
- Describe the evidence about relationships with people who use and the risk of relapse
- Identify 3 qualities of a positive relationship
- Identify 5 characteristics of bad communication and 5 simple effective communication skills to manage bad communication
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