Coping Skills
An emotional regulation technique that requires mindful inhales and exhales.
What is box breathing?
This is what PAWS stands for.
What is Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome?
These are styles of communication. (name at least 2)
What are aggressive, passive, passive-aggressive, and assertive?
Avoidable, unavoidable, sensory, internal and external are categories of these.
What are triggers?
In this film Sandra Bullock's character attends rehab for a DUI charge.
What is 28 Days?
This is best done seated or lying down in a quiet space without distractions.
What is meditation?
The typical amount of time that PAWS can last.
What is two years?
This is the message an aggressive communicator is sending.
What is "I win, you lose?"
These strategies take power away from the trigger and lend control back to the individual. (name at least 1)
What are identifying, avoiding, interrupting, and talking about the trigger.
In this film Mila Kunis's character stays with her mother while awaiting medicated assisted treatment.
What is Four Good Days?
This is a place where people in recovery gather to discuss difficulties and triumphs, review the Big Book, or listen to recovery stories.
What is a recovery meeting such as AA?
These are symptoms of PAWS (name at least 3)
What are mood swings, difficulty concentrating, forgetfulness, balance issues, sleep issues, variable energy, emotional overreaction or numbness?
This kind of statement, commonly used in therapeutic settings, requires both emotional intelligence and objectivity.
What is an "I feel _, when _." statement.
A trigger automatically leads to this, which then may result in a craving.
What is a using thought?
This film is based on a novel about a father supporting his 18-year-old son through his addiction.
Maintaining a connection with people such as a recovering peer, a friend or family member with whom you can discuss your recovery.
What is social support?
This is typically when PAWS symptoms will begin.
What is between 7 and 14 days, or after acute withdrawal has resolved?
This is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
What is empathy?
These are ways to assist the brain with interrupting a craving. (name at least 2)
What are breathing techniques (i.e. fire in the belly), moving your body, changing the environment, and getting fresh air?
This film starring Saoirse Ronan chronicles the checkered past of a young Scottish woman and her efforts to maintain sobriety.
What is the Outrun?
Nicole Labor suggests these two things are the quickest ways to build up coping skill pathways in the brain.
What are spiritual growth and personal development?
These are ways to cope with PAWS when an episode occurs. (Name at least 3)
Engage with self-care, don't overbook your life, connect with peers, talk about your symptoms, remind yourself that each episode is time limited.
These are the traits of assertive communication. (name at least 3)
What are clearly stating needs, eye contact, active listening, steady tone of voice, the use of "I feel" statements, and confident body language?
A mindfulness technique that involves observing the symptoms of a craving, and waiting until the sensation passes.
What is urge surfing?
This film portrays a woman's difficult decision to enter rehab for cocaine addiction despite her addicted partner's objections.
What is Down To The Bone?