Freakin' Feelings
Overall Core Skills
Daily Stress
Famous People In Recovery
Random Recovery Facts
100

When you experience negative emotions and have no one available to talk them over with, this method of processing emotions is best, especially for reflection.

Journaling

100

Fill in the blank: With better _____________ ______, you also can make sure you are better understood by others.

Communication Skills

100

The way human beings react both physically and mentally to changes, events, and situations in their lives.

Stress

100

This country music star is known for songs such as "Live Like You Are Dying" and "One Bad Habit." In 2008, he came clean to his wife about his battle with alcoholism and got sober. 

Tim McGraw

100

According to the state of Pennsylvania: In rural areas, 59 percent of reported overdose victims received this life-saving antigen in 2022 compared to 66 percent of reported overdose victims in urban areas.

Naloxone, Narcan

200

Emotions are not "good" or "bad." Instead, they are "________" and "________".

Positive / Negative

200

With this core skill, early is on time, on time is late, and late means "you're fired."

Time Management

200

This is the type of stress you feel when there is no threat or fear. You might feel this type of stress when you ride a roller coaster, compete in a game, or go on a first date.

Good Stress

200

He’s been nominated for several Academy Awards, but the actor went through some hard times on his way to success. He says years of drug and alcohol misuse threatened to ruin his life, and in 2004 at the age of 29, he made the decision to stop using them. He’s since become one of Hollywood’s most bankable leading men, staring in "A Star Is Born."

Bradley Cooper

200

According to the National Center for
Drug Abuse Statistics, 57.277 million people use vapes to use this substance.

Nicotine

300

Finish the Sentence: "Good and bad are not feelings. There is no such thing as a good or bad emotion, either. All feelings are valid and should be examined. But here’s the kicker: feelings are not _____!

Facts

300

This is not only a core skill but is also a vital piece of recovery and triggers. 

Coping Skills

300

Although these are mental health diagnoses, these are also common symptoms of stress.

Anxiety and Depression

300

The guitar legend survived a rock culture of drug experimentation. He says he became addicted to heroin in the early 1970s. He recovered, but he continued misusing alcohol and cocaine for years. He finally found success in rehab in 1987. In 1998, he built the Crossroads Centre for alcohol and drug treatment on the Caribbean island of Antigua.

Eric Clapton

300

In 2022, Philadelphia had a total of 1,413 reported overdose deaths according to data from the Philadelphia Department of Public Health. In addition, 80% of the 2022 overdose deaths in Philadelphia included what drug.

Fentanyl

400

When you find yourself in a repetitive loop of negative thoughts and emotions, this emotion processing method can help you break the pattern and alter your thoughts from negative ones to positive ones. (TWO WORDS)

Thought Switching

400

By being able to accept this from people around you, it can serve as a constructive mirror in which you can view your behavior. (TWO WORDS)

Constructive Criticism 

400

The "50" in the 50/30/20 budgeting method.

Necessary expenses, Bills, Groceries, Insurance, Rent

400

One of the most successful actors of all time, this actor has appeared in over 100 films. He’s also been open about his alcohol and cocaine addiction struggles, which began in the 1970s. After getting sober in 1991, he has remained so ever since.

Samuel L. Jackson

400

According to the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics, 47% of young people use an illegal drug by the time they graduate from high school. Out of this 47% of students, what grade has the highest rate?

12th grade (24%). Second is 10th grade (20%). Third is 8th grade (5%).

500

DOUBLE JEOPARDY: This emotional regulation process utilized in substance use disorder treatment features five stages. Individuals in recovery are taught to process their emotions using these five stages. Each of these stages helps adjust physiological, behavioral, and cognitive processes to re-learn healthier ways to experience and respond to triggering situations. DOUBLE POINTS IF ONE CAN NAME ALL FIVE STAGES. SIMILAR WORDS ACCEPTED.)

Gross Model (Beginning, Situation, Attention, Evaluation, Response)

500

DOUBLE JEOPARDY: This core skill is necessary to have alongside communication skills. DOUBLE POINTS IF ONE CAN COMPLETE THE ACRONYM (RASA). 

Active Listening (Receive, Acknowledge, Summarize, Ask)

500

The primary focus of the "pay yourself first" budgeting method. 

Savings and Debt Repayment.

500

She made headlines in 1989 by going to rehab at just 13 and announcing she was an addict. From a famous, and famously troubled, acting family, she was 6 when the movie E.T. launched her career. She says she started drinking when she was 9, and quickly moved on to marijuana and cocaine. 

Drew Barrymore

500

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than what drug.  

Morphine

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