Coping Skills
Increase resilience because they help people learn how to properly handle negative emotions, panic attacks, and other difficult situations.
What is the main function of coping skills?
Alcohol slows down activity in the brain.
What is a depressant
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had become unmanageable.
What is the first step
1. People 2. Places 3. Things
What are triggers?
This thinking is a cognitive distortion in which the person thinks in an all or nothing fashion. For example, "I wasn't perfect, so I must be a total failure."
What is extreme or "black and white" thinking?
When you feel yourself emotionally inclined
When do you use coping skills?
When a large amount of alcohol is consumed in a short period of time.
What is binge drinking?
Treatment that is guided by the use of the 12 step process to help patients eventually recover from abuse of alcohol or drugs or a problematic behavior (gambling, compulsive shopping, etc.)
What is a twelve step program?
Some high-risk situations to avoid are to not let yourself get too hungry, angry, lonely or tired. What can help you remember these circumstances?
What is H.A.L.T.
Foundational to cognitive behavioral interventions is the understanding that ________ are not facts.
What are feelings?
What are deep breathing, counting backwards, taking a break, walking away, paced breathing, working out, positive self-talk? (Any 5 skills are acceptable)
This is the number of people under the age of 21 who die from an alcohol-related incident including car crashes, homicides, suicides, alcohol poisoning and other related injuries
What is 5,000
Serves as the basis of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). It contains the 12 steps that are at the core of the Alcoholics Anonymous program, as well as stories about alcoholics who have been through the recovery process.
What is the big book
Our brain learns by ________ and _________.
What is repetition and reward
These can shape our thoughts and decisions. Often, we adopt them at a young age and they influence us into adulthood. That does not mean that they cannot be changed or altered.
What are beliefs/core beliefs?
ABC's of coping skills
What is Asking for help, Breathe deeply, and Counting
3 long-term health issues alcohol can lead to
What is cardio-vascular disease, cancer of the throat, liver, or mouth, anxiety and depression, dementia, and liver disease?
Three spiritual principles to live by
What are honesty, open-mindedness, and willingness?
Five skills you have learned in treatment to manage triggers and cravings.
(this is a question with many answers. Must answer in form of question still). What is (are) a sponsor, a relapse prevention plan, laughter, service, work, being with family, hobbies etc.
________ seeking and risky behavior are closely related.
What is pleasure?
A mindfulness technique, typically combined with exercise
What is Yoga
This is the amount of deaths related to alcohol abuse per year; making it the third highest cause of death in the US
What is 80,000
Having had a __________________ as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
A type of therapy to block receptors and assist with relapse prevention.
What is Vivitrol
A psycho-social intervention that aims to improve mental health.
What is Cognitive behavioral therapy