Recovery Terms
What is called when someone is not actively using and working a program?
What is Recovery/Sobriety
When you sit in silence for a period of time, that is called?
What is Meditation
1 in 5 American Adults suffers from what
What is A Mental Health Condition
What is it called when we know we are doing something wrong but we make it ok in our minds?
What is Justification/Rationalization
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade takes place in this city every year.
New York City
The term for telling people what's going on with us
What is Accountability/Honesty
When you logically write down things that occur throughout your day in order to learn about yourself, that is called?
What is Journaling/10th step
What are two things that can promote positive mental health?
Exercise, mindfulness, positive friendships, talking about your problems, having an outlet for anger and frustration, getting enough sleep, eating healthy
When we think about using substances, those thoughts are often referred to?
Cravings/Obsessions
What do you call a fake noodle
What is an impasta!
What skill is used to specifically assist with combating negative emotional disturbances within us
What are Coping Skills
Changing the way you are looking at a situation/outcome in a more positive light can be called?
What is Reframing
Apologizing or resolving negative situations from when you were in active addiction.
What is Making Amends
A good luck tradition that is said to have started 2,400 years ago
What is snapping the Wishbone
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Is most often characterized by an extreme desire to cut down or stop entirely with the inability to achieve this desire by ones own will power alone.
What is Addiction
Expressing good things from your day is a coping strategy known as ________
What is Gratitude
These are the original colors of the Big Book
What are yellow and red
When something happens to or around us that makes us think about using, it is usually referred to as?
Triggers
A pattern of addictive behavioral patters unchecked often results in _ _ _ _ _ _ _ very quickly.
What is Relapse
Describe the 5-4-3-2-1 Coping Strategy
A technique that asks you to find things you can see, smell, hear, touch, and taste (5 senses) to calm down when feeling anxious or distressed.
The dangling skin under a turkey's neck
What is a Wattle