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cognitive distortions
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Recovery Skills
Famous Fatalities
100

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), this particular practice was created based on the notion that reality must be accepted, rather than fought against, and that fighting and railing against a situation is a greater cause of suffering than the situation itself.

Radical Acceptance

100

________ is an irrational thought a lot of us have in believing that something is far worse than it actually is

Catastrophizing

100

One simple, often talked about practice has been shown to promote recovery and help prevent relapse. 

Hint: it is often suggested to practice this in the morning.

Gratitude. 

One study found that “gratitude stimulates positive emotions which, subsequently, promote recovery and protect against relapse”

100

What does the acronym HALT stand for?

Hungry Angry Lonely Tired

100

Referred to as the King of Pop, died due to complications from prescription drugs in 2009

Michael Jackson

200
What's the type of "check" on your credit that does not affect your credit score?

soft inquiry

200

thinking that you know what someone is feeling or thinking about you describes what cognitive distortion?

Mind reading

200

Approximately __% of all crime in the U.S. is related to drug or alcohol addiction.:

80%

200

____ is a skill that can help people to remain in the present moment.

mindfulness.

200

The details of this Indvidual's death are unclear and disputed but is believed to have been caused by aspiration due to excess alcohol intake.

This individual was a member of the "27" club and known for taking hallucinogens.  

Jimmy Hendrix

300

Samaritan House wasn't always on Greenbriar Ln. 

The original Samaritan House was on this well-known street in Annapolis. 

West Street

300

Splitting your views into extremes, where everything—from your view of yourself to your life experiences—is divided into black-or-white terms describes what cognitive distortion?

All-or-nothing thinking.

300

Heroin use rose by ___% between 2007 and 2011.

75%

300

What are the three aspects of the CBT triangle? 

(____ effects ____ effects _____)

Ask for a visual if you need it!

Hint: We covered this recently!

Thoughts, feelings (or emotions), behaviors. 

Can be in any order!

300

At just 26 this famous musician/singer was found in his California home on Sept. 7 of 2018, dead from an accidental overdose of fentanyl, cocaine and alcohol.

Mac Miller

400

proactive approach to reducing the damage done by alcohol, drugs, and other addictive behaviors, as well as addressing broader health and social issues, such as HIV transmission.

Harm reduction

400

a cognitive distortion where a person believes that they are responsible for an event that they have very little or no control of. The individual jumps to conclusions without assessing the situation and blames themselves for the event, which leads to feelings of guilt. 

 For example "my mom is always upset, she would be fine if I just did more to help her".

Personalization or personalizing. 

400

studies show that when incarcerated individuals receive comprehensive drug or alcohol treatment in prison and then follow up with continued care upon their release, their drug use declines by __ %. 

It's two numbers, __ to__ % but I'll accept any number within this range.

50-70% 


400

Resentment, anger, and fear make up the triangle of self-obsession, what is said to be the three remedies to these character defects. 

Acceptance, love, and faith.

400

This iconic musician is one of the top earning dead celebrities today, still earning over 50 million/year for his music despite dying from complications of prescription drug addiction back in 1977

Elvis Presley

500
What are the four styles of communication.

Hint: we've covered this in groups.

Aggressive, passive-aggressive, passive, and assertive.

500

"I feel it so it much be true" describes what cognitive distortion?

Emotional reasoning

500

Only ___% of Americans dealing with addiction receive treatment. 

I will accept any number within 3% of the answer. 

10%

500

The word for an emotional "discharge" through which one can achieve a state of moral or spiritual renewal, or achieve a state of liberation from anxiety and stress.

Catharsis or cathartic experience

500

This world famous movie star shocked the world in 1962 from a barbiturate overdose which some say was accidental, some say was suicide and others say was murder

Marilyn Monroe

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