Understanding Patience
This is the ability to tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset.
What is patience?
Patience helps in this crucial recovery skill, where one learns to resist urges and cravings.
What is impulse control?
This simple action, often suggested to manage stress, can help improve patience.
What is taking a deep breath?
"Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good ___ while waiting."
What is attitude?
This common breathing exercise can help you feel more patient and grounded.
What is deep breathing?
Patience often involves this kind of thinking, which helps people manage emotions and make better choices.
What is self-control?
This is the term for the frustration that arises when recovery progress feels too slow.
What is impatience?
When feeling impatient, this technique, involving counting from 1 to 10, can help calm down.
What is counting to 10?
This famous person said, "He that can have patience can have what he will."
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
This type of journaling helps track moments when you practiced patience.
What is a patience journal?
True or False: Patience is a skill that cannot be improved.
What is false?
Name a situation in recovery where it’s especially important to practice patience.
What is rebuilding trust, waiting for personal growth, or managing cravings?
This mental exercise, involving picturing oneself in a peaceful place, can increase patience.
Answer: What is visualization?
Complete this saying: "Good things come to those who ___."
What is wait?
This practice involves focusing on the present moment, which can enhance patience.
What is mindfulness?
Name one way practicing patience can benefit mental health.
What is reduced stress, better relationships, or improved focus?
Recovery often requires being patient with this, which can be emotional or physical.
What is the healing process?
Name a physical activity that can help reduce impatience and improve mood.
What is exercise?
"Patience and ___ are bitter, but their fruit is sweet."
What is perseverance?
Practicing patience can help you react calmly in this often stressful place with lots of traffic.
What is on the road or while driving?
This term describes our ability to stay calm in challenging situations, which often goes hand-in-hand with patience.
What is resilience?
The concept of taking one step at a time, common in 12-step programs, is closely related to practicing this.
What is patience?
This strategy involves imagining the positive outcomes of staying patient instead of giving up.
What is positive visualization or future thinking?
"Patience is the companion of ___."
What is wisdom?
One way to practice patience with others is by remembering this saying: "Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be ___ always."
What is kind?