ANGER MANAGEMEN
What is the body’s fight-or-flight response?
This physical response often includes a racing heart, tight fists, or clenched jaw.
These are people, places, or things that increase the urge to use
What are triggers?
This daily habit helps regulate emotions and reduce cravings.
What is sleep?
This Avenger struggles with anger but learns coping and control.
Who is the Hulk (Bruce Banner)?
This craving usually passes if you don’t act on it.
What is an urge?
Taking a pause before reacting helps prevent this common anger mistake.
What is acting impulsively or reacting without thinking?
This relapse stage often starts before substance use happens.
What is emotional relapse?
Moving your body releases chemicals that naturally boost mood
What is exercise?
This hero’s recovery required accountability, humility, and help from others.
Who is Iron Man (Tony Stark)?
Believing “I already messed up, so why stop now?” is this thinking error.
What is all-or-nothing thinking?
This anger skill involves slow breathing, counting, or grounding to calm down.
What are coping skills (or calming techniques)?
Calling a sponsor, attending a meeting, or using coping skills are examples of this
What is a relapse prevention plan?
This grounding technique focuses on naming 5 things you can see.
What is the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding exercise?
This hero proves that your past mistakes don’t define your future.
Who is Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff)?
This craving-management skill involves riding the urge like a wave
What is urge surfing?
Anger is usually a secondary emotion hiding this more vulnerable feeling.
What are fear, hurt, shame, or sadness?
Believing “one time won’t hurt” is an example of this risky thinking pattern.
What is rationalization (or justification)?
Writing thoughts and feelings down is a form of this coping skill.
What is journaling?
This superhero uses discipline and routine, important tools in recovery.
Who is Captain America?
This thinking error makes small problems feel like total disasters.
What is catastrophizing?
Expressing anger in a healthy way without aggression or avoidance is called this.
What is assertive communication?
A lapse differs from a relapse because a lapse is this.
What is a brief return to use without fully giving up recovery?
Asking for help instead of isolating strengthens this recovery tool.
What is social support?
This Marvel message best supports recovery: “You don’t have to fight alone.”
What is teamwork or support?
Challenging negative thoughts and replacing them with realistic ones is this skill.
What is cognitive restructuring (or reframing)?