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Traralgon

Adelaide, SA

Gold Coast

Melbourne

Wellways Wonthaggi

Wangaratta

Wodonga

Morning I am from EACH, Melbourne. Gambling telephone support service for Chinese community

Gold coast

Bairnsdale

I'm from Adelaide :)

Newcastle

Hi from Bundalaguah (Vic)

Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre, Sydney NSW

Australia fully represented

Support Worker

SMART Facilitator

hello, Maree from Flinders Island Tasmania on a bus in Wollongong!!

case manager

I am a facilitator but am not facilitating at the moment, but hoping to start up again soon

Registered Nurse

support worker

Brisbane in the house. I am calling from Redlands.

program coordinator wants to learn more about SMART

AOD counsellor

Facilitator, but not running any meetings atm

Hi folks. I am the chat room maestro today

Stan and chocolate

Very true.

I have worked with many that have to begin their emotional development as they should have as a teenager.

It is normal in everyday life for everyone also

Whom here has experienced emotions managing their own behaviour recently?

Coffee

smoking

on phone or social media too much

Im going to gag as I type this but I know I become clingy/needy or insecure with friends for sdome strange reason

Food issues

anxiety

Stress/overwhelmed

Embarrasment

depression, fear, anxiety,

boredom, anxiety, isolation, frustration

feeling of letting folks down

Boredom

I should be better than this

hopeless

dissapointment

low self esteem

I am a hypocrite

Awareness is seed of change

shame that my drinking got to the point where I had to stop completely.

It is a reflex

But reflexes can be adapted

The development of emotional intelligence can be stunted through chemical and behavioural dependency.

Emotional disregulation is a risk factor

High emotional intelligence can help managing substance use issues

Distracting creates space

Distract, delay and decide

What helps you distract yourself when you are faced with these emotional challenges?

Whats worked in the past to help you delay or distract?

Reflective practices

Box breathing what is that?

Go for a walk, talk to someone, dropping anchor

Lauren ‘Whim Hof’ Jansson?

get up do anything different

put music on and move

practice Annaparna or deep breathing as a daily routine

"CONNECTION" be it with people, pets, nature, social activities with peolple

I remind myself of what it was like being stuck in the cycle of addiction,and I don't want to go back there. Good deterrent.

Gardening, hug a pet, flick through photos (memories) on your phone

ice cream

It is an ACT technique, 5 things see hear feel. Dropping anchor

Hot tub, music,and exercises at the same time.

Yep , it's hot water !

Im moving to Iceland

outdoor, count down, call mom, watch interesting YT

Show off that Wim Hoff

Important to implement these activities prior to the emotional feeling also. identifying certain times of day or environments or people that may have evoked these feelings before. Awareness of patterns and

What do these emotions feel like?

Sweating?

Breathing changes?

red faced

Tense muscles

Heart racing?

What thoughts flood your mind?

I am a failure

“here we go again”

In early staged feelings and thoughts can be the least controllable

Thats why we focus on behavioral change, then if you keep doing that behaviour

Yup

https://smartrecoveryaustralia.com.au/tools-worksheets/

Use the SMART Track App

What have you learned?

What triggers do you need to avoid?

Most of my in laws 🤣

I hear you Caz

Outlaws

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being a lone in public and waiting for someone

Boredom at home during days on my own. I need to find jobs to keep me busy.

Other peoples emotions sometimes trigger me…especially my wife 😁

Whingy kids

inability to concentrate

https://smartrecoveryaustralia.com.au/smart-recovery-app/

You managed to concentrate today Dave😁

Better planning of week ahead

focus on activity before reflection...

importance of taking care of your mental health

I am interest hearing form folks about also how internal emotions affect self stigma and identifying as x,y,z?

Creating time and space. Reflection!

CBT, distraction the first step, EQ, Avoid certain pp

Support for addressing emotional awareness/management in addiction treatment and I am going to check-out the SMART Track App to see if our clients may benefit from using it.

Self care 😍

very good reinforcement of what saved me from several unhealthy addictions and habits previously, did not expect to ever recover

humor is energizer

Yes that's it

I think as clinicians we are sometimes on auto pilot and we do not pay enough attention to the very things we support others to do.

have deeper discussions with people about their feelings/ what's happening for them, when they bring up avoiding something. Will definitely look at coming prepared when I have to wait for people in public in the future :)

Any more Q’s about this topic or other SMART related Q’s?

increasing your resiliency daily, before you start becoming 'craving'

I found moderation much harder,but each to their own.

https://smartrecoveryaustralia.com.au/online-smart-recovery-meetings-2/

draffell@srau.org.au

Now i feel that as addiction doesn't happen overnight either does recovery and i would promote reuction and harm reduction to begin

sboardman@srau.org.au

thanks everyone

Thansk folks. Check out previous webinars also-

Thank you very much Sally 🦃

Thank you

many thanks!!

thank you so much

https://smartrecoveryaustralia.com.au/category/webinars/