Support Systems
These trusted individuals are your go-to for advice, accountability, and emotional support in recovery.
What are sponsors or mentors?
Regularly seeing this type of professional can help address mental health challenges and develop coping strategies.
What is a therapist or counselor?
This traditional Hawaiian dish features squid cooked in coconut milk, taro leaves, and sometimes onions.
What is squid luau?
This is the term for going back to substance use after a period of recovery
What is Relapse?
This is the most commonly used legal addictive substance in the U.S.
What is alcohol?
True or False: It’s okay to let go of relationships that threaten your sobriety.
True
This activity allows us to maintain our physical health.
What is exercise?
This traditional Hawaiian dish, meaning "to slice" or "to cut crosswise into pieces," features raw, marinated fish mixed with ingredients like soy sauce, sesame oil, and seaweed.
What is poke?
This is the process of learning to live a healthier, substance-free life
What is recovery?
This term describes the body's need for more of a substance to feel the same effect.
What is tolerance?
This group-based program offers a 12-step model for recovery from addiction.
What is Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or Narcotics Anonymous (NA)?
This activity, which involves spending quality time with supportive friends and family, plays a key role in maintaining sobriety by fostering connection and accountability.
What is building a support network or engaging in sober social activities?
This Hawaiian dish is made by slow-cooking pork in an underground oven
What is kalua pig?
This word describes living free of drugs and alcohol.
What is Sobriety?
This treatment tool involves creating a written plan to handle triggers and prevent relapse.
What is a relapse prevention plan?