Communication Styles
This communication style involves being direct, straightforward, and getting to the point without unnecessary details or fluff.
What is the assertive communication style?
This fictional archaeologist and adventurer is known for his iconic fedora and bullwhip.
Who is Indiana Jones?
What does SMART goals stand for?
Specific, Measurable, Appealing, Realistic, Time-Bound.
This legendary guitarist, known for his incredible skills and part of the "27 club," battled with alcohol and drug addiction before his untimely death in 1970.
Who is Jimi Hendrix?
A psychological and physiological state where a person believes they need a substance or behavior to function normally?
What is dependence?
In this communication style, individuals often hesitate to express their needs or opinions, may avoid conflicts, and tend to put the needs of others before their own.
What is the passive communication style?
This famous bridge, completed in 1937, connects San Francisco to Marin County and is known for its distinctive orange color.
What is the Golden Gate Bridge?
Why is making a schedule important?
Addiction thrives on inconsistency. Creating and sticking to a schedule can be helpful in maintaining the momentum created at the beginning of the week. It can also be helpful to troubleshoot scenarios you may experience over the weekend.
This actor, once known for his role in "Pirates of the Caribbean," faced legal and personal challenges due to substance abuse but has since embarked on a journey of recovery.
Who is Johnny Depp?
Refusing to admit the truth about addiction and its consequences to ourselves.
Denial
This indirect communication style often uses hints, implications, or sarcasm to convey meaning, requiring careful interpretation.
What is passive-aggressive communication.
This English playwright is often referred to as the "Bard of Avon" and wrote famous works like "Hamlet" and "Macbeth".
Who is William Shakespeare?
What is something you learned this week? (For full points, each team member must answer)
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This singer/songwriter experienced a 20-year drug and alcohol addiction that he said saw him spending about $16,000 a week on heroin in the 1970’s.
Eric Clapton. He chose to get clean and change his path after the death of his 4-year-old son.
This term describes the recurrence of drug-seeking behavior after a period of abstinence.
What is relapse?
This communication style involves expressing one's needs and opinions in a forceful, dominating, and often confrontational manner, often disregarding the feelings and needs of others.
What is aggressive communication?
This river, often associated with ancient Egyptian civilization, is the longest river in the world.
What is the Nile River?
Name three potential triggers you may face this weekend. (For full points, each team member must answer)
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This talented actress, star of "Mean Girls" and "Freaky Friday," faced public struggles with substance abuse during her youth but has since worked toward sobriety.
Who is Lindsay Lohan?
This syndrome, characterized by intense cravings and negative physical and emotional symptoms, often follows the sudden cessation of an addictive substance.
What is Withdrawal Syndrome? (Also Acceptable: P.A.W.S)
When using this communication style, individuals actively seek out solutions that address everyone's needs and concerns.
What is the compromise (or collaborative) communication style?
In Egyptian mythology, this god is typically depicted as a man with the head of a jackal and was associated with mummification and the afterlife.
Who is Anubis?
What are examples of healhty boundaries?
Knowing personal space, knowing sexual limits, knowing emotional limits, spiritual beliefs, etc.
This acclaimed actor of "Iron Man" fame made a remarkable comeback from substance abuse, turning his life around and becoming a respected figure in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Who is Robert Downey Jr.?
What are the steps of DEARMAN?