Coping Skills
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
A pole, string, bait and hooks are used
Fishing
Methamphetamine is a drug that, administered in high concentrations can slow breathing rate and ultimately cause death.
False. Methamphetamine is a stimulant and increases the user's pulse and breathing rate. Opiates (heroin, morphine, fentanyl) are nervous system depressants and can slow breathing rate to the point where the user stops breathing and dies.
The way people view addiction and recovery has an influence on those who are in recovery
True
What letter doesn’t appear in any American state’s name.
Q
What Does PMR stand for?
Progressive Muscle Relaxation.
Needles, string, hoop, cloth are used
Embroidery
Afghanistan produces and cultivates more illegal opium than all of the other countries in the world combined.
True. According to a recent study, it was found that Afghanistan manufactures about three-quarters of the world's illegal opiates. Most of the United States' opium arrives through suppliers in Mexico.
Those who enjoy art can use that as one of their recovery activities
True
True/False: You can't hum while plugging your nose.
TRUE: Try it! Once the nose is plugged, the air can not resonate in the nasal cavity because the soft palate is closed. Additionally, air is not expelled because the nose and mouth are closed.
Where is a place you can keep your thoughts and feelings?
A Journal
Mountain, trail, woods, are all great placed to do this hobby.
Hiking
You can't become addicted to a medication that is prescribed by a doctor.
False. Many people have become addicted to prescription medications such as Vicodin, Oxycontin, Valium, Xanax, Adderall, and others. One of the reasons why they are only available by prescription is that they are dangerous enough to need a doctor's supervision. Addiction to prescription medications usually requires treatment, just like with other addictive drugs.
Once you get help for an addiction, you can go back to drinking or using normally.
False. There is no cure for addiction, only treatment. Successfully treated, an individual addicted to an intoxicating substance must abstain from using completely for life, or full relapse will likely occur.
What are the 3 deadliest animals in the UK?
1. Dogs 2. Cows 3. Bees
Who is a person you can talk to when you are struggling?
Counselor, Teacher, friend, parent, significant other, pastor, family member.
watching avian species
Bird Watching
Fentanyl is about 100 times stronger than morphine.
True. In fact, emergency personnel has to wear protective suits in situations where fentanyl might be present. A small, even undetectable amount can enter your bloodstream through your skin and cause a lethal overdose. A lethal dose of fentanyl is about 3mg of the drug (pictured above).
Heroin is a substance that was developed as a cure for morphine addiction.
True. Heroin was invented in 1874 and later manufactured by the Bayer company in Germany. It was available over the counter at pharmacies and hailed as a non-addictive alternative to morphine. Heroin was later found to be highly addictive and was banned for all uses in the United States in 1924.
True/False: Ketchup was once sold as a medicine.
TRUE: In the 1830s, tomato ketchup was sold as a medicine to cure diarrhea, jaundice, and indigestion
What are other coping skills you can use?
Name 7 hobbies that aren't listed in this category.
1-7 answers, there are no wrong answers.
Opiates have surpassed alcohol as the deadliest drug class in the United States.
False. Alcohol still kills many more people than opiates. In fact, alcohol kills more people in the United States than all other drugs combined. According to recent studies, 33,000 people died of opiate-related causes in 2015, whereas 88,000 people died of alcohol-related causes that same year.
Opiate detox has the worst withdrawal symptoms.
False. Benzodiazepines (Valium, Xanax, Ativan, etc.) are typically the most difficult drugs to detoxify from, followed by alcohol and then heroin. All three substances require a supervised medical detox, as the detoxification process is not only painful but dangerous on a life-threatening level.
This famous restaurant once made bubblegum-flavored broccoli
McDonalds: In 2014, the idea was to make broccoli taste like a childhood favorite so kids would choose it over less healthy options. The project was eventually shelved because kids were confused by the taste and didn't want to eat it. Instead of introducing candy-flavored veggies, McDonald's has focused on other menu tweaks, such as reducing the size of fry servings and adding low-fat yogurt to its Happy Meals.