RELAPSE PREVENTION
TYPES OF ADDICTIONS
SUPPORTS
COPING SKILLS
RIDDLES
100
A return to the use of a drug after attempting to stop.
What is a relapse?
100
This is a strong desire for something and is very difficult to control.
What is an addiction?
100
This is someone who I trust, who I do things with that are fun, who I can spend time with and talk to when I am upset.
What is a friend?
100
This way of coping involves resting in bed and drinking plenty of fluids.
What are good ways to cope when sick?
100
What gets wetter the more it dries?
A towel
200
This is hungry, angry, lonely or tired.
What is H.A.L.T.?
200
This type of addiction changes the body's chemistry so the user CRAVES the substance.
What is physical addiction?
200
This is someone I go to to discuss my life and get help. This person is paid for helping me.
What is a therapist or counselor?
200
This way of coping involves noticing your feelings, taking slow deep breaths, counting to ten, and walking away.
What are anger management skills?
200
What is the tallest building in most cities?
The library, it has the most stories.
300
Scared, angry, frustrated, bored, nervous, sad, happy, passionate, stressed, hungry, etc...
What are Internal triggers?
300
An addiction in which the user feels that they "NEED" to partake in a certain activity; body chemistry is NOT CHANGED.
What is a psychological addiction?
300
An AA meeting
What is a peer run meeting which alcoholics go to for support?
300
This way of coping involves talking to yourself, telling yourself to calm down, telling yourself everything will be ok, and coaching yourself to stay calm.
What is self talk?
300
I have holes in my top and my bottom, my left and my right, and in my middle but I still hold water, what am I?
A sponge
400
Streets, people's houses, the park, concerts, types of music or songs, money, warm weather, bars, etc...
What are External triggers?
400
This happens when a user stops using or gives up a physical addiction.
What is withdrawal?
400
This is a group for people who have a similar problem, like people with cancer or depression, where they get support from each other.
What are support groups?
400
A way to bring yourself to the present moment when very upset or experiencing a flashback.
What is grounding?
400
You walk into a room with a match, a karosene lamp, a candle, and a fireplace. Which do you light first?
The match
500
Denial, cravings, loss of control, tolerance, physical dependance. ~DOUBLE JEOPARDY~
What are the 5 major symptoms of alcoholism and drug abuse? ~DOUBLE JEOPARDY~
500
When a user needs more and more of a substance to obtain the desired effect.
What is tolerance?
500
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
What is the serenity prayer.
500
This way of coping involves sitting quietly, noticing your thoughts and feelings, accepting them and letting them go.
What is meditation?
500
There are two flies in a house, which one is the football player?
The one in the sugar/rose/orange bowl
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