DISTRESS TOLERANCE
extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain is the definition of what
What is: Distress
Endorphins are often called your brain's ______messengers
What is: Feel good
This ACCEPTS skill supports engagement in something healthy that can grab your attention
What is: Activities
This PROMISE skill allows us to connect with our body which will relax our minds, especially when doing a body scan.
What is: Relaxation
This anonymous program uses "the big book"
What is: Alcoholics Anonymous
the ability or willingness to tolerate something, in particular the existence of opinions or behavior that one does not necessarily agree with is the the definition of what
What is: Tolerance
This skill stimulates your nerve endings in your muscles, which send signals to the brain to release endorphins,
What is: Stretching
This ACCEPTS skill teaches us to replace a negative _________ with a positive _____________ to help us move into wise mind.
What is: Emotions
Ask for advice/help from trusted people who are a part of your recovery is an example of what PROMISE skill
What is: Seek guidance
Narcotics Anonymous refers to their recovery as
What is: Clean time
With distress tolerance we learn how to____ the presence of both physical and emotional pain
What is: Accept
This type of self talk can help encourage our bodies to release endorphins
What is: Positive Affirmations
This ACCPETS coping skill lets you have intentional time to focus on what you have to be grateful for
What is : Counting your blessings
This PROMISE skill allows you to distract yourself from the distress you are experiencing.
Wat is: Imagery
Alcoholics Anonymous refers to their recovery as
What is: Sobriety
Distress tolerance refers to using skills to successfully ________ with stressful situations.
What is: Cope/Face/show up to
Doing this regularly, outdoors, in nature, helps to release endorphins and improve mood
What is: Walking
This ACCEPTS skill refers to either physically leaving the situations or blocking it from our mind.
What is: Pushing away
Using this PROMISE skill to create balance in our lives helps us build a successful recovery
What is: Accepting Reality
The "Just For Today" is literature form which program
What is: Narcotics Anonymous
Our DOC was often used to _______ our brains to prevent feeling emotions
What is: Numb
This form of bilateral stimulation removes the emotionality of the event and allowing yourself to remember the facts without feeling overwhelmed
What is: Bilateral Stimulation
This ACCEPTS skill shifts your focuses using sight, sound, taste, touch, smell
What is: Sensations
We stop ourselves from the spiral of thinking of everything all at one when we practice this PROMISE coping skill
What is: One Step At a Time
This is the H.O.W of anonymous programs