Celebrity Comebacks
This legendary actor, known for his role as Hannibal Lecter, has been sober since 1975 after overcoming his struggles with alcohol.
Anthony Hopkins
If you don't have this, you won't know when you hit your mark.
Target/Goal
From a scientific/medical view, addiction is a _____?
Disease/Disorder
An intense desire or urge
Cravings
With out _____ we won't feel 100% charged. Missing a little we might have difficulty concentrating or easily aggravated. Missing a lot we might hallucinate, be at higher risk of getting sick.
Sleep
This ‘Iron Man’ actor turned his life around after battling substance abuse, becoming one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood.
Robert Downey Jr
This practice involves taking time to care for your physical, emotional, and mental health.
Self care
We might develop this from our own negative experiences/beliefs, receiving misinformation, or limited knowledge. You may have experienced this when someone learned about your history of use.
Biases/Stigma
If a challenge is to difficulty or large you can ____________, to make it more manageable.
*Bonus points* if you can give an example or an analogy
example: one day at a time, How do you eat an elephant, one bite at a time.
If you "drop the rock" you are
letting go of the things that have hurt us
This prolific actor, known for his roles in ‘Pulp Fiction’ and ‘The Avengers,’ successfully overcame his addiction to drugs in the early 1990s and has since become a Hollywood icon.
Samuel L. Jackson
Having a positive one of these can greatly influence your success in recovery.
Attitude
MAT stands for what in substance use treatment?
Medication assisted treatment
Holidays or an anniversary of something might be a _____ for you.
Trigger
Our first needs in the hierarchy are things like food, water, shelter, which are example of ______ needs.
physical
This actress, who starred in ‘E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial’ as a child, overcame her struggles with addiction and has since built a successful career in film and television.
Drew Berrymore
What is something that we can always predict will happen eventually?
Change
When we experience an event our thoughts/beliefs effects our ________ and _________.
*Bonus* if an example is given
Emotions and Actions
In recovery you might have to change people, places, or things. To help with this you can set ______ with people to be clear with expectations of what is okay or not.
Boundaries
GROWTH
This ‘Halloween’ star has been open about her recovery from opioid addiction, celebrating over two decades of sobriety and advocating for addiction awareness.
Jamie Lee Curtis
There are different ways we can gain a better understanding of ourselves, what is an example?
*Bonus* points for additional answers
Examples: Personality quiz, Wheel of life, our values
This neurotransmitter, often associated with pleasure and reward, is significantly affected by substance use, leading to changes in mood and behavior.
Dopamine
A relapse prevention plan can help you decrease risks or returning to use. Often they consist of the following categories ________.
*bonus who can at least name 4 of these*
*reminder this is helpful to share with loved ones so they know how to help and give them permission to check up on us*
On a scale from 1-10, for stress 10 is?
trick question (neither good or bad)