Complete abstinence
Continued use of substances prevents you from developing these skills to help you deal with negative emotions and hard situations.
Coping skills
Feeling bad for something you did
Guilt
Set of simple principles to help you detach from emotional pain
Grounding
Slow, structured breathing used to calm the nervous system.
Box breathing
It is important to stop all other ________ substances in recovery.
Mood-altering
Feeling bad about who you are as a person
Shame
Three major ways of grounding
Mental, physical, and soothing
Writing everything that’s racing through your mind without worrying about grammar or structure.
Thought-dumping journaling
You are 8 times more likely to relapse if you continue consuming this in recovery.
Alcohol
_______ can help motivate recovery
Guilt
Category of grounding techniques that work by focusing on your senses
Physical
This grounding technique involves naming 5 things you see, 4 you feel, 3 you hear, 2 you smell, and 1 you taste.
What is the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique?
You are 3x more likely to relapse if you continue using this substance
Marijuana
__________ can be helpful in recovery, while ________can make you feel unworthy of recovery
Guilt; Shame
Category of grounding techniques that works by focusing your mind
Mental
Writing down all of your worries at a set time every day.
Scheduled worrying
Learning to live, cope, and manage stress without relying on any mood-altering substance
Total abstinence
____ can fuel substance use and regress recovery
Shame
Category of grounding techniques that work by talking to yourself in a gentle, kind way
Soothing
Talking to yourself in a kind, supportive and motivating way.
Positive self talk