Triggers & Cravings
True or False:
A trigger can be an emotion, even when nothing stressful is happening around you.
True
True or False:
Someone can make progress in recovery even after making a mistake.
True
What emotion commonly occurs when someone expects that something bad may happen in the future?
Anxiety or fear.
True or False:
You can care about someone and still set boundaries with them.
True.
What 1990 Christmas movie follows a young boy named Kevin who is accidentally left behind when his family goes on vacation?
Home Alone.
What is the term for remembering past substance use as being better or more enjoyable (fun) than it actually was?
Romanticizing or glorifying past use.
What term describes recognizing and taking responsibility for your own choices and behaviors?
Accountability.
True or False: Ignoring an uncomfortable emotion always makes the emotion disappear.
False.
What communication style involves expressing your needs respectfully and directly without becoming aggressive?
Assertive communication.
What singer was known as the "Queen of Tejano Music" before their death in 1995?
Selena.
Someone unexpectedly sees a person they regularly used substances with. Is this primarily an internal or external trigger?
External trigger.
What is a written or verbal strategy identifying triggers, warning signs, coping skills, and people to contact before substance use occurs?
A relapse-prevention plan.
What is the ability to recognize your own thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and reactions called?
Accountability, Self-awareness.
What is it called when someone repeatedly sacrifices their own needs while trying to control, rescue, or fix another person's problems?
Codependency.
What 1996 movie starred Michael Jordan alongside Bugs Bunny?
Space Jam.
What recovery strategy involves intentionally staying away from people, places, or situations strongly connected to substance use?
What is a relapse prevention plan?
What recovery principle means recognizing reality as it is rather than constantly fighting against what cannot currently be changed?
Acceptance.
What coping technique involves intentionally focusing your attention on what is happening in the present moment without immediately judging it?
Mindfulness.
What relationship behavior occurs when someone protects another person from the natural consequences of harmful behavior, allowing that behavior to continue?
Enabling.
Which rapper released the 1994 album Ready to Die?
The Notorious B.I.G.
Double Jeopardy
1. What is the difference between an internal trigger and an external trigger?
2. You begin thinking, “I can probably use just once and control it this time.” What type of relapse warning sign is this?
1. Internal triggers come from within, such as thoughts, emotions, or memories; external triggers come from the environment, such as people, places, situations, or objects.
2. A mental relapse warning sign.
Double Jeopardy
1. What is the difference between abstinence and recovery?
2. What is one major purpose of creating structure and routine during early recovery?
1. Abstinence means not using substances.
Recovery involves broader changes in behaviors, thinking, relationships, health, and lifestyle.
2. To reduce instability and unstructured time while supporting healthy habits and recovery behaviors.
Double Jeopardy
1. What is the difference between responding to an emotion and reacting to an emotion?
2. What is the term for recognizing an emotion, allowing yourself to experience it, and choosing how to manage it appropriately?
1. Responding involves thinking before acting; reacting is an immediate or impulsive response.
2. Emotional regulation.
Double Jeopardy
1.
What is the difference between supporting someone and enabling someone?
2. What is one major difference between a boundary and an ultimatum?
1. Support encourages healthy behavior and accountability; enabling protects someone from consequences and can allow unhealthy behavior to continue.
2. A boundary identifies what you will or will not accept or do; an ultimatum attempts to force another person to behave a certain way.
Double Jeopardy
1. Which R&B group had the 1995 hit "Waterfalls"?
2. What 1991 movie features FBI trainee Clarice Starling interviewing Hannibal Lecter?
1. TLC.
2. The Silence of the Lambs.