Seeking Safety
The first two topics in Seeking Safety
What are safety and PTSD
What 3 things should you avoid to help prevent relapse?
What are people, places, things
The practice of taking an active role in regularly doing things that improve your well-being and happiness. Also aids in managing stress.
What is self care
True or False? Alcohol is a drug
What is TRUE. A drug is any substance, other than food, that is taken to change the way the body or the mind functions. Drugs can occur naturally or can be produced in a lab.
A personal commitment to support one particular group
What is a home group
It is ok to express our anger
What is true? As long as it is expressed appropriately!
Harmful in recovery and can be things we tell ourselves to talk us into using again
What are relapse justification thoughts
True or False
Was Lugannys born in Florida?
What is false
The stages of healing from PTSD and substance abuse
What is safety, mourning, and reconnection
Situations, feelings, or individuals that cause your brain to crave substances; if you're unaware of them they would be a factor for relapse
What is triggers
Phrases you say to yourself to help you get through distressing situations
What is affirmations or positive self-talk
This drug has been linked to paranoia, panic, anxiety, poor coordination, and depression.
What is Marijuana
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
What is the Serenity Prayer
If someone hurts my feelings or does something to make me upset, I should.....
What is use "I statements," in order to discuss it, walk away, ignore, use coping/grounding skills, etc.
What does the acronym HALT stand for
What is hungry, angry, lonely, and tired
Luganny's tattoo is from what?
What is Harry Potter
A set of simple strategies to detach from emotional pain
What is grounding
This method encourages simply observing a craving or an urge, and noticing the experience of the urge itself, accepting it, and allowing it to pass, rather than attempting to fight it or act on it. With time, a craving or an urge will run its course and fade away
What is urge surfing
A mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts and bodily sensations
what is mindfulness
This drug can cause psychosis, memory loss, hallucinations, aggressive or violent behavior, and mood disturbances.
What is Methamphetamine
We admitted we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable
What is Step 1
MY Feelings, Thoughts, and Beliefs are very important and YOUR feelings, thoughts, and beliefs are unimportant. (What type of communication/behavior is this?)
What is aggressive communication/behavior
Progress not _____.
What is perfection
How many kids Keyana has
What is one
Safety, PTSD, red flags and green flags, and dethatching from emotional pain (grounding) are topics of what
What is seeking safety
Believing in our ability so greatly that it can cause us setbacks or problems in relation to recovery and mental health
What is overconfidence
A selection of helpful _____________ exercises that my help to keep your mind and body connection when confronted by flashbacks or intense memories
What are grounding exercises
This drug affects the part of the brain that controls movement, speech, judgement and memory.
What is Alcohol
We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God (higher power) as we understood Him.
What is step 3
Anger Automatically leads to aggression: True or False
What is false
The process that happens over time
What is the recovery process
Which college did Kailey attend?
What is FSU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The compulsive use of a substance resulting in physical, psychological, or social harm and continued use despite harm
What is Substance abuse
Names and contact information; description of your specific triggers; identification of healthy coping skills; and how you can intervene when triggers are activated.
What is relapse prevention plan
This category of coping skills includes watching movies and reading books
what are distractions
Long term use of this drug can cause permanent damage to the liver, kidneys and heart and can cause sleep deprivation and loss of appetite leading to malnutrition in those who use daily.
What is Crack Cocaine
Open-mindedness, willingness, faith, trust and humility
What are the spiritual principles of Step 2
Its OK to be angry, true or false?
What is True
What is denial
Which therapist has been working at The Village for the shortest amount of time?
Who is Chelsea
What form of psychotherapy does Seeking Safety largely borrow from?
What is CBT
What is a high risk situation
How are coping skills helpful?
what is builds confidence, manages emotions, helps us tackle challenges, etc.
This drug causes a feeling of euphoria or a rush which is often followed by a state that alternates between drowsiness and wakefulness for several hours.
What is Heroin
When we've realized we're addicts but haven't yet accepted recovery as the solution to our problem and what happens after we've accepted the first step as something that is true for us and have accepted that recovery is a solution
What is resignation and surrender
The split second that we have where we think, and make a decision
What is "The Pause"
Three stages of a relapse
What are emotional, mental, and physical relapse
Which therapist first started at The Village as an intern?
Who is Keyana
When you talk to yourself very gently, as if to a friend or small child you are giving yourself...
What is Compassion OR Soothing Talk
The three A's to help manage painful and difficult emotions
What is aware, answer and act
True or false
Coping skills are only used to help you relax
What is False
Managing stress, anxiety, and depression is not always relaxing it sometimes takes hard work
It is the fastest addicting drug.
What is Nicotine
Make a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves
What is Step Four
Standing up for your rights in a way that is respectful of other people.
What is assertive communication
What holiday has the most drunk driving accidents?
What is New Year's Day
Who is Kailey's favorite singer?
Who is Taylor Swift
Approximately what percentage of individuals with Substance Use Disorders have PTSD?
What is 35-50%
Altering your interpretation or belief about the activating event and in doing so, change the consequences you experience, including pain and difficult emotions and using alcohol and drugs to self-medicate those feelings
What is the core belief system
When does a healthy coping skill become unhealthy?
When it is done excessively and in a unhealthy way.
When it negatively affects your life
This substance in high doses can cause an increase in blood pressure and heart rate and cause the heart to actually beat harder
What is caffeine
We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
What is Step 10
True or False
Assertive, Aggressive, Passive, and Passive-Aggressive responses are LEARNED behaviors; they are not innate, unchangeable traits.
What is true
How many people in America use illicit drugs? (answer is in the millions)
What is 59 Million
Which one of the therapists is known for consistently wearing "checkered pattern" clothing?
Who is Chante