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This famous Disney star has been open about her struggles with addiction, relapses and all.
Who is Demi Lovato?
According to the American Society of Addiction Medicine, this is described as "a treatable, chronic medical disease involving complex interactions among brain circuits, genetics, the environment, and an individual’s life experiences."
What is Addiction?
AA (Alcoholics Anonymous), NA (Narcotics Anonymous), and GA (Gamblers Anonymous) are all examples of this type of group.
What are 12-step or community support groups?
Coloring, going for a walk, and talking about what is on your mind are all examples of this.
What are coping skills?
These common roadside advertisements are illegal in the state of Vermont.
What are billboards?
This Harry Potter actor states that they struggled with their use during the filming of the last three films of the franchise.
Who is Daniel Radcliffe?
These are feelings, activities, people, places, or things, that cause us to feel emotions that lead us to wanting to use.
What are Triggers?
This person can provide a space for a person to process emotion without judgement.
What is a Therapist?
Taking a shower, buying something for fun, and making a healthy meal are all examples of this.
What is Self Care?
This musical family moved to Stowe in 1942 and build a lodge that is still ran by their descendants today.
What is the Von Trapp family?
This Star Wars actress was always open about both her struggle with addiction as well as mental health.
Who is Carrie Fisher?
Irritability, trouble focusing, trouble sleeping, and heightened anxiety are all symptoms of what?
What is PAWS, Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome?
This Vermont resource has 9 centers throughout the state, and provide services such as a variety of community support groups, recovery coaches, and IDRP.
What are the Turning Point centers?
Picturing something in your mind's eye in as much detail as you can is an example of this coping skill.
What is Visualization?
Vermont is the second smallest state by population after this Midwestern state.
What is Wyoming?
This "friend" struggled with his use of prescription medications, to the point where is weight fluctuations were noticeable to his show's large audience
This is the process by which the addicted brain invents excuses that allow the person in recovery to edge close enough to relapse situations that accidents can happen.
What is Relapse Justification?
This type of group focuses on self management and recovery training and requires the facilitator to be trained specifically in this curriculum.
What is SMART Recovery?
A person is practicing this coping skill if they are paying attention to their breath, meditating, or noticing their feelings without judgement.
What is Mindfulness?
Ben & Jerry's founders Ben Cohen & Jerry Greenfield met in this class in 7th grade.
What is gym class?
This mega-star is best known for his music, but has also done big work in the charity world, establishing his AIDS foundation.
Who is Elton John?
Displacement, Repression, Regression, Rationalization, Projection, and Denial are all examples of this.
What is a Defense Mechanism?
This kind of support person helps a person to "create a vision for their recovery; identify and remove barriers to recovery; navigate through the human services system; access community resources; connect with recovery services, including treatment facilities, recovery centers, mutual support groups; and help motivate change in any part of life."
What is a recovery coach?
A person is practicing this coping skill if they are noticing a specific number of things around them using their 5 senses.
What is the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding activity?
Vermont claimed this as their state flower in 1895, and despite the color in it's name, the actual color of the flower is often purple.
What is a Red Clover?