Treatment Team
This team member helps people with mental health problems like trauma, anxiety or depression during recovery.
What is a therapist or mental health clinician
This emotion is the #1 reported trigger for relapse and often appears after conflict or rejection.
What is stress
This skill involves taking a slow breath in and out to calm your body.
What is deep breathing?
This major organ works extra hard to break down alcohol.
What is the liver?
Mental health and substance use recovery are closely connected.
What is true?
This team member helps people find resources, connect with services, and coordinate care during recovery.
What is a case manager
People often use substances to avoid this painful feeling related to loss or disappointment.
What is sadness
Talking to a friend, sponsor, or support person is this type of coping skill.
What is reaching out for support?
Using substances can make this organ beat faster or slower, affecting blood flow.
What is the heart?
Cravings usually last only a short time, even if they feel intense.
What is true?
This team member talks with people about their substance use, helps them make healthy choices, and teaches coping skills.
What is a SUDS Counselor
This high-energy emotion can also trigger substance use, especially after arguments.
What is anger?
Going for a walk, stretching, or moving your body helps reduce stress through this.
What is physical activity?
Smoking or vaping can make it harder for this organ to help you breathe.
What are the lungs?
You should avoid all stress to stay sober.
What is false?
*Healthy coping skills -not avoidance- are the goal!
This team member has lived experience with substance use and recovery and provides guidance, encouragement, and support to others on their recovery journey.
What is a peer support specialist (or recovery coach)
Despite sounding positive, this emotion can be triggering because people use substances to “celebrate.”
What is excitement?
This technique uses your senses to notice things around you, like “5 things you can see.”
What is grounding?
Many drugs change the way this organ controls mood, memory, and decisions.
What is the brain?
Recovery means you will never experience cravings again.
What is false?
This team member monitors withdrawal symptoms, administers medications, and provides direct medical care and education to support recovery.
What is a nurse
This emotion, often described as “emptiness,” is linked to boredom and emotional numbing.
What is loneliness?
Writing down your feelings or thoughts is an example of this healthy outlet.
What is journaling?
Dehydration, stomach pain, and nausea happen in this part of the body when substances irritate it.
What is the stomach?
A slip (using once) and a relapse (returning to old patterns) are the same thing.
What is false?