Recovery Tools
This grounding technique uses your senses to identify 5 things you can see, 4 you can touch, 3 you can hear, 2 you can smell, and 1 you can taste.
What is the 5-4-3-2-1 technique?
This sitcom about six friends living in New York City aired from 1994–2004.
What is Friends?
This is the first step in the 12 Steps.
What is admitting powerlessness over addiction?
This pop star hit #1 in 1999 with “…Baby One More Time.”
Who is Britney Spears?
These colorful rubber bracelets with messages like “LiveStrong” were a huge trend in the 2000s.
What are silicone wristbands?
This type of thinking error involves assuming the worst possible outcome.
What is catastrophizing?
Keanu Reeves starred as Neo in this 1999 sci‑fi film.
What is The Matrix?
This type of relapse involves returning to old thinking patterns before using again.
What is an emotional or mental relapse?
This rapper released the album The Marshall Mathers LP in 2000.
Who is Eminem
Before smartphones, this device was used to play portable music and became iconic after its 2001 release.
What is the iPod?
This recovery acronym stands for triggers that increase relapse risk: Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired.
What is HALT?
This animated show featuring Hank Hill and his family debuted in 1997.
What is King of the Hill?
This neurotransmitter is heavily involved in the brain’s reward system and is often dysregulated in addiction.
What is dopamine?
This band’s 1991 album Nevermind helped bring grunge into the mainstream.
What is Nirvana?
This social media platform, launched in 2004, originally required a college email address.
What is Facebook?
This skill from CBT helps you challenge negative thoughts by examining evidence for and against them.
What is cognitive restructuring?
This 2001 film introduced the world to the magical school of Hogwarts.
What is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone?
This term describes the brain’s ability to change and heal over time, even after addiction.
What is neuroplasticity?
Beyoncé was originally the lead singer of this girl group.
What is Destiny’s Child?
This handheld digital pet from the 90s required constant feeding and attention.
What is a Tamagotchi?
This term describes the ability to tolerate distress without making the situation worse, often taught in DBT.
What is distress tolerance?
This cult classic 2004 movie features the line, “Vote for Pedro.”
What is Napoleon Dynamite?
This evidence-based approach focuses on exploring and resolving ambivalence about change.
What is Motivational Interviewing?
This French electronic duo wore robot helmets and released the hit “One More Time.”
Who is Daft Punk?
This 2010s mobile game had players flinging birds at pigs.
What is Angry Birds?