Coping Skills
Name a coping skill that releases endorphins?
What is exercise?
True or False:
Talking to others about problems in our lives is a healthy coping skill?
What is TRUE?
Talking to others allows us to share our emotions and problems so that we do not have to go through them alone.
What are these triggers?
___, ___, and ____.
What are People, Places and things.
What might be a threat to my relapse prevention?
A. Living with a family member who uses.
B. Hanging out with old friends.
C. Not having a support system.
D. Thinking it is okay to use just once.
E. All of the above.
What is E. All of the above?
Improve your ______ and exercise daily?
What is diet?
What category of coping skills includes watching movies and reading books?
What is distraction?
True or False:
Every coping skill is healthy?
What is FALSE?
Some ways that we learn to cope are not healthy for us! (ex: fighting, eating too much, running from problems, etc.)
What kind of trigger include negative emotions, positive emotions, and thoughts?
What are internal triggers?
What is the best tool for time management when first starting recovery?
What is scheduling?
Get treatment for any ____ _____ disorder you may have that could have lead to your addiction in the first place.
What is co-occurring/ mental health?
What are two types of coping skills that can increase creativity?
What is arts and crafts?
True or False:
Healthy coping skills help you focus on the important things in your life?
What is TRUE!
When we can cope with problems in our lives, it is easier to focus on everything else that is important to us!
What kind of triggers are People, Places and Things?
What are external triggers?
What does HALT stand for?
What is Hungry, Angry, Lonely and Tired?
Practice healthy ______ ______ to overcome cravings and triggers.
What are coping skills?
What is a selection of helpful _________ exercises that may help to keep your mind and body connection when confronted by flashbacks or intense memories?
What are Grounding exercises?
True or False:
Coping skills are used to avoid problems in our lives?
What is FALSE?
Coping skills help us work through our problems and emotions. You do not want to avoid these! Avoiding is considered an unhealthy coping skill.
What relapse triggers come from a lack of healthy relationships between spouses, parents, siblings, and relatives?
What are family triggers?
What can you have in place to help reduce risk of relapse?
What is an Relapse Prevention Plan?
Build up your ______ _______ network
What is sober support network?
Where is a place you can keep your thoughts and feelings?
What is a journal?
True or False:
Everyone has the same coping skills?
What is FALSE?
What works for me might not work for everyone. That's why there are so many coping skills options!
What relapse triggers come from emotional trauma sustained over a span of years as a result of mental, physical, and/or sexual abuse?
What are emotional triggers?
What is this examples of:
"I’m back in control. I’ll be able to stop when I want to" and "This drug (or alcohol) was not my problem—another one was. So I can use this and not relapse"?
What is Relapse Justification?
If your struggling in your recovery what can you do?
What is talk to someone?