Coping Skills
This activity has been shown to decrease elevated heart rate and high blood pressure using only your respiratory system.
What are deep-breathing exercises
These are tools you can use to help you process your emotions.
What are coping skills
Various charges can be filed based on the nature of a violation and severity can have a large impact on sentencing. List 5 charges related to drugs & alcohol.
What is possession, manufacturing, trafficking/distribution, DUI/OVI, open container, public intoxication, etc.
This is the estimated relapse rate for substance use disorders.
What is 40%-60% (2018)
*This rate is similar to rates of relapse for other chronic diseases such as hypertension or asthma.
This American rapper, singer, songwriter, producer, media personality, entrepreneur, and actor's music career began in 1992 and has appeared in films such as Starsky & Hutch (2004), Pitch Perfect 2, and Turbo. His openness on marijuana use has become a common theme in his lyrics and cultural identity.
Who is Snoop Dogg
There's a wide variety of coping skills but not all are healthy. Give one example (that hasn't already been mentioned) of a healthy coping skill and one unhealthy one.
Counselor's Discretion
This is often regarded as the strongest emotion and can be the most challenging to overcome in recovery.
What is anger
Illicit drug use carries some of the most severe legal consequences of any nonviolent crime. Being charged with Intent to Distribute is likely to land this sentence.
What is a minimum of 5 years in prison
* 10+ years is also relatively common
This is the percentage of adults who suffer from a substance use disorder who also struggled with an alcohol use disorder.
What is 74% (2017)
*Approximately 1 out of 8 adults suffer from drug and alcohol disorders simultaneously.
This Avenger had several high-profile arrests in the late 1990s and early 2000s while misusing alcohol, cocaine, and heroin and spent time in a California prison and a state-run rehab facility.
Who is Robert Downey Jr.
Coping is our response to stress but not all stress is bad. A moderate amount of stress that can be beneficial for individual growth is known as this.
What is eustress
(vs. distress)
Extreme emotions such as overwhelming joy or crippling grief while in recovery can lead to this.
What is relapse
* in order to maintain sobriety it's best to avoid emotional extremes
In 1998 SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) estimated $81.3 billion in costs associated with drug and alcohol abuse. Judiciary costs accounted for this percent of the estimate.
What is 37% ($30.6 billion)
Genetics, including the impact of one’s environment on gene expression, account for about this percent of a person’s risk of addiction.
What is 40%-60%
This late Star Wars star was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and also suffered from addictions to cocaine and prescription medication.
Who is Carrie Fisher
*In 1985, after months of sobriety, she accidentally overdosed on a combination of prescription medication and sleeping pills. She was rushed to the hospital, creating the turn of events that led to much of the material in her novel and screenplay, Postcards from the Edge.
This coping skill provides stress relief, improved cholesterol levels, and can reduce the risk of heart attacks, strokes, diabetes, and colon cancer.
What is exercise
* - walking 30-40 min/day
- stretching 2-3 times/wk
- yoga
- squats
- planks
- push-ups
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"Normative male alexithymia" is the term used to describe this phenomenon.
What is the inability or difficulty for men to talk about their emotions
* "without words for emotions"
This act was signed into law under the Nixon administration prohibiting the unauthorized possession, manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing of controlled substances.
What is the Controlled Substances Act
This is the percentage of heroin users that started by using prescription drugs.
What is four out of five users (80%)
This 2020 film released on Hulu stars Mila Kunis and follows her role as a recovering addict struggling through multiple detox episodes and highlights the affect her addiction has had on her relationship with her mother and the role family plays in recovery.
What is Four Good Days
This physical process is used to define the body's adaptation to continual exposure to any given substance over time and usually leads to withdrawal symptoms during periods of abstinence.
What is Physical Dependence
Each team member: share a recent emotional moment you had and describe your reaction to it.
Counselor Discretion
Court-ordered rehab can be considered in two situations: when sentencing a criminal case in which addiction was a factor and ________.
What is Casey's Law
* Families can seek an emergency order for admission by going through an investigation process and proving their loved one meets the requirements
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This is the annual drug abuse and addiction cost in America including lost workplace productivity, healthcare expenses, and crime-related costs.
What is $740 billion
In the 1989 film My Name is Bill W. James Woods played the lead role of William Wilson and won and Emmy for his performance. The film followed Bill's exhibition of multiple symptoms through the progression of his disease and ways they impacted his life. (Name 5)
What is increased tolerance, inability to quit, craving, interference with work, interference with relationship, drinking more than planned, medical condition as a result of drinking, withdrawal symptoms, etc.