Quieting The Hungry Ghost: Mindfulness for Recovery & Relapse Prevention

1. Quieting The Hungry Ghost: Mindfulness for Recovery & Relapse Prevention Richard Fields, Ph.D. Author, Drugs in Perspective, 8th Edition, McGraw Hill, 2012 Editor, Co-Author, A Year of Living Mindfully: 52 Quotes & Weekly Mindfulness Practices, FACES Conferences Publishing, 2012

2. Mindfulness

3. JOYISNOWHERE

4. JOY IS NOW HERE

7. Grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, Courage to change the one I can, And the wisdom to know it’s me.

9. “The awareness that emerges through paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmental to the unfolding of experience, moment by moment.” (Kabat-Zinn, 2003)

10. Grasping Letting Go Kindness Flexibility

11. Delusion Awareness Clarity Wisdom

12. Resisting Open - Heartedness Loving - Kindness

13. Alcohol/Drug Recovery&Relapse Prevention

14. 3 C’s of Addiction • Compulsion/Obsession • Inability to Control • Continued use despite “significant” negative Consequences

15. Reasons for Using Alcohol/Drugs 4th Drive “Alter Consciousness”

16. B O R E D O M Interpersonal Leisure Time Life Existential

17. Most researched area: Tension and stress reduction Self-Medication Motive – Khantzian, Edward (1985)

18. Reasons for Using Alcohol/Drugs • Passive activity – it is easy • Disease model – genetic model • Personality issues, traits, and disorders • Mood, depression, anxiety • Family systems

19. Reasons for Using Alcohol/Drugs • At-risk factors – poverty, adolescence, socio-economic, feelings of inadequacy, trauma, violation • Social learning • Psychological reasons • Alcohol/drugs as power, seduction, sexuality, self-harm • Existential issues

20. Reasons for Using Marijuana • Stimulation of thought • Relieve boredom • Enhance senses & sensations • Relieve anxiety & dysphonia • Stimulate appreciation, creativity, & artistry • Increase enjoyment • Completing mundane tasks

21. Stimulate interest, different perspective • Improving self-confidence & quieting pessimism • Enhancing conversations & social interactions • Increasing fun, joy, & happiness • Quieting anger, frustration • Enjoying nature • Entertainment

22. Alcohol/Drug Relapse • Negative Emotional States – Reactivity • Abstinence Violation Effects • Shame - Disconnection

23. Stages of Recovery Withdrawal (0-15 days) Honeymoon (15-45 days) The Wall (45-120 days) Adjustment (120-180 days) Resolution Stage (180-360 days)

24. Mindfulness Practices

25. H A L T S • HUNGRY – feed the hunger • ANGRY – quiet anger & regain compassion • LONELY – “cool” loneliness • TIRED – rest, relax, recreate, renew • SICK – heal and nurture back to wellness

26. S O B E RBreathing Space S top O bserve B reath E xpand R espond (instead of Reacting) (MBPR Exercise)

27. R A I N R ecognize A ccept I nvestigate N ot identify/personalize

28. A Mindful Attitude • Developing Mindful Awareness • Developing Mindful Attention • Being Present & In the Now • Having Compassion for Self & Others • Important Mindfulness Practices • Being in Difficult Life Situation, Stress & Suffering • Discovering Happiness & Joy • Interconnectedness & “Loving Kindness”

29. The BIG Three Anger Impatience Criticism

30. ANGRY “If you get angry easily, it may be because the seed of anger in you has been watered frequently over many years, and unfortunately you have allowed it or even encouraged it to be watered.” Thich Nhat Hanh, Taming the Tiger Within, (Riverhead Books, 2004)

31. CRITICAL of OTHERS “Paying attention to another’s faults is just a distraction from paying attention to what is happening right here and now.” Healing Zen, Ellen Birx, 2002

32. “Your fondest dreams will be transformed into fruitful realities if you just know the secret of growing the patience-tree in your heart.” Sri Chimnoy, The Wisdom of Sri Chimnoy, Blue Dove Press, (2000)

33. P a t i e n c e "It is the feeling of calm practice in the face of life's disruptions."Patience: The Art of Peaceful Living, Allan Loko, 2012

34. “I am the cause of most of my suffering because of the habits of my own mind.” His Holiness The Dalai Lama

35. “Your mind is all stories.”

36. “Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries, without them humanity cannot survive.” His Holiness the Dalai Lama

37. “Wherever you are that is the entry point.” Kabir, 15th Century Indian Poet

38. “The essence of bravery is being without self-deception.” Pema Chodron

40. “What you resist, persists.” Attributed to Carl Jung

41. “When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.” Helen Keller, We Bereaved, 1929

42. “If you knew as I did the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing something.” The Buddha

43. Resting in Uncertainty • Awareness of awareness • Attention to intention

44. The Power of Purpose: Find Meaning, Live Longer, Better 2nd Edition, 2010 Richard J. Leider “Purpose, when it is clear, is the aim around which we structure our lives.” “Each transition to a new phase of purpose is accompanied by a crisis of uncertainty, a chaotic period of time in which we are organizing ourselves around a new core question.”

45. FLOW “When consciousness is harmoniously ordered, and you pursue what you are doing for the sheer sake of doing it.” Mihalyi Csikzentmihalyi

46. “May all beings, omitting none, feel safe, and content, and happy, and live with ease.” Metta Sutta