Recovery Real-Talk
This is a person, place, feeling or situation that increases the urge to use.
What is a trigger?
Slowly inhaling and exhaling to calm the nervous system is this type of coping skill.
What is breathing?
A friendly ogre travels with a talking donkey in this movie.
What is Shrek?
What is an avocado?
Better late than....
What is never?
In recovery, this means taking responsibility without making excuses or blaming others.
What is accountability?
Naming five things you see, four you feel, three you hear, two you smell, and one you taste is this technique?
What is the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique?
"There's no place like home" comes from this classic movie.
What is The Wizard of Oz?
This Italian food's name roughly means "little strings."
What is spaghetti?
Don't judge a book by....
What is its cover?
This acronym identifies being hungry, angry, lonely, or tired.
What is HALT?
Saying "I can't do this" and replacing it with "This is difficult, but I can take one step" is an example of this.
What is reframing a thought?
Emotions named Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust run a young girl's mind in this movie.
What is Inside Out?
This candy is known for the slogan "Taste the rainbow"
What are Skittles?
What is make lemonade?
This is a written strategy for recognizing warning signs and responding before returning to substance use.
What is a relapse-prevention plan?
Calling someone before making an impulsive decision demonstrates this recovery skill.
What is reaching out for support?
A man unknowingly lives his entire life as the star of a television program in this movie.
What is The Truman Show.
Botanically, this popular pizza topping is a fruit rather than a vegetable.
What is a tomato?
The grass is always greener...
What is on the other side?
This recovery principle means accepting what cannot currently be changed without approving of it.
What is radical acceptance?
Exercise, music, journaling, meetings, and meditation are examples of these protective daily practices.
What are healthy coping strategies.
What is The Shawshank Redemption?
This expensive spice comes from the dried stigma of a flower.
What is saffron?
You can lead a horse to water...
What is "but you can't make it drink?"