Coping Skills
Each team member tells us one coping skill they have used this week.
Each team member must list one coping skill.
Boredom is a common ____________ in recovery?
What is a trigger?
Each team member tells us what are things you can do when you are bored that you have not tried already?
Each team member must give 1 answer!
What three things are often needed to change in order to prevent relapse?
What are people, places, and things?
Why are ghost such bad liars?
What is You can see right through them?
A free thing you can do outside that is good for you as well as Mindful.
What is Take a Walk?
Each team member tells us a free activity you can do if you feel bored.
What is Listen to music, Read, Take a hike in the woods, Learn something new on YouTube, Try hobbies your friends (non using) enjoy, Volunteer your time somewhere?
etc.
Name a possible cause for boredom.
What is No sleep, Lack of mental stimulation, Repetition, Lack of balance, MH dx, Disinterest, Lack of understanding, Thinking errors/ANTs?
When you detach, segregate and disconnect from others is called what?
What is Isolation?
Why can you not trust an atom?
What is They make up everything?
What is the simplest form of Mindfulness?
What is Breathing?
Why do people relapse due to boredom?
What is Avoiding friends, which makes you feel like you have no one
and/or
Avoiding certain places/give up hobbies?
Name a way you can tell you are bored that aren’t “just feel bored”.
What is Can’t focus/relax, avoidance, sadness, low motivation, uninterested, no excitement, etc.?
What three things are often needed to change in order to prevent relapse?
What are People, Places, and Things?
Why are there no knock-knock jokes about America?
What is Because Freedom Rings?
A stress-reduction technique that focuses on staying in the present.
What is Mindfulness?
Name a worldwide event that gave many people extra anxiety and increased boredom.
What is The COVID 19 Pandemic?
True or false: Feeling bored is okay, why?
What is True! Boredom doesn’t last forever and needs to be experienced from time to time.
Name a common cause of relapse.
What is resentment / isolation / overconfidence / boredom/ poor self-care?
Why do flamingos lift one leg?
What is B/c if they lifted both they would fall down?
These are tools and techniques you can use to help you handle difficult emotions, decrease stress, and establish or maintain a sense of internal order.
What are coping skills?
Name the sensation that is missing, though we can't quite say what.
What is Boredom?
What are at least 2 consequences of boredom in recovery?
What is Relapse, blame, more triggers, impulsivity, old behaviors, justification for use, etc.?
The term used for someone who reverts back to old behaviors and habits from when they were in active addiction, while still being sober?
What is Dry Drunk?
What award did the knock-knock joke inventor win?
What is The No Bell Prize?