Coping Skills
How does "Playing the Tape Through" work?
Visualizing events that would likely happen if you decided to use.
Live and let live, Keep it simple, One day at a time, Let go and let God are examples of what?
12 step slogans
(Especially) In early recovery, what is the most used method for handling triggers?
Avoidance
What breaks yet never falls, and what falls yet never breaks?
Day and Night
Keeping a daily or weekly record to explore your experiences and emotions, and assist in processing intense emotions.
Journaling
AA, NA, SMART Recovery, CODA are forms of what?
Community Meetings/Supports
Isolating yourself and putting yourself in risky situations are examples of:
Warning signs of a relapse
True or False: Relapse isn’t as simple as suddenly returning to drug and alcohol use — it’s a process that affects multiple aspects of a person’s life.
True
What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in one thousand years?
The letter M
This type of coping includes comforting yourself through the 5 senses.
Self-Soothing
What was the year NA was started?
1953
Bonus: James "Jimmy K" Kinnon was the founder
What is an internal trigger?
What is an external trigger?
Internal: Thought or feeling that creates a craving to use
External: People, places, or things that creates a craving to use
Convincing yourself that it's okay or that you have to use substances/engage in addictive behaviors
Relapse Justification
What is the difference between a jailer and a jeweler?
A jailer watches cells and a jeweler sells watches.
A state of mind where you are thankful and taking notice of the good things in your life, rather than focusing on the bad.
Gratitude.
Bonus 50 PTS if everyone in the group shares 1 thing they are grateful for.
What does SMART stand for?
What are SMART goals?
DAILY DOUBLE: 200 PTS
Self-Management And Recovery Training
Specific, Measurable, Agreeable, Realistic, Time-Bound
Believing in our ability so greatly that it can cause us setbacks or problems in relation to recovery and mental health.
Overconfidence
These are the three types of relapse.
BONUS 100 FOR DEFINITION OF EACH
Emotional: Some refer to this as the internal stage of relapse. Characterized in this stage are events, whether external or internal, that will affect the person’s life
Mental: Individuals may start to romanticize and fantasize about alcohol or drug abuse. They might simply think about the “positive” effects of substance use (euphoria, etc.) But, the unhealthy and harmful results of substance abuse may not come up in their minds.
Physical: The final stage, when the physical use of drugs or alcohol actually occurs. Individuals commonly think of this stage as the definition of relapse.
I have keys but no locks.
I have a space but no room.
You can enter, but you can’t go outside.
What am I?
A Keyboard
A mindfulness exercise that reduces stress and anxiety in your body by having you slowly tense and then relax each muscle
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Why is the Alcoholics Anonymous book nicknamed "The Big Book"?
They picked the cheapest, thickest paper the printer had, and requested that each page be printed with unusually large margins surrounding the text. This made for an unusually large book.
Repetitively going over a thought or a problem without completion; can occur when experiencing anxiety or depression.
Rumination
What do we mean when we say "Surf the Urge"?
Accepting that a cravings is happening, feeling everything that is happening.
What has thirteen hearts but no other organs?
A deck of cards.