Coping Skills
How does the song make you feel? Does this normally shift your negative emotions?
What was your drug of choice? How long have you been sober?
How has your recovery shifted from week one ->>>> Now?
Tis the season
What do you enjoy about this holiday (SOBER EDITION!)
Can we incorporate this tradition at GLRC?
Try to make sure the quality is not physical.
Step work
What step are you one- What does this step look like?
What step has been the hardest?
Be Mindful? Name a mindfulness technique you are familiar with?
Do you recognize triggers before substance use? Can you identify what emotion you feel before use? Do these emotions shift after use?
Triggers
How can you interrupt this trigger?
How can you avoid this trigger?
What makes you a good friend? (SOBER Edition!)
What is your reason to remain sober?
What can you do if this coping skill is unavailable?
Support
When feelin the urge to use who can you turn to for support?
Do you have friends who support your sobriety? Family members?
I'm hungry
What is your favorite holiday dish?
Do you cook?
Do you plan to cook this year?
How have your thoughts of yourself shifted since you've been at GLRC?
Future plans
SOBER EDITION! What is your next step after GLRC?
Alternatives
Identify the trigger prior to use?
Identify support to contact?
What activities can you do instead of using?
I need
What extra supports do you need this holiday season? Anything you're looking forward to?
Shifting thoughts
How have your thoughts of use shifted?
Returning home
Be a leader!
Guide the group in a mediation technique or mindfulness skill.
GLRC
What is the worst activity you have done? How could it have been better?