A state of mind where you are thankful and taking notice of the good things in your life, rather than focusing on the bad.
What is Gratitude.
MAT is the acronym for this.
What is medication assisted treatment?
What are the three stages of relapse?
Mental, Emotional, Physical
(1970's) This iconic musician is one of the top earning deceased celebrities today, still earning over 50 million/year for his music despite dying from complications of prescription drug addiction in 1977
Who is Elvis Presley?
This reverses the effects of an opioid overdose.
What is Narcan or naloxone.
Telling oneself over and over that you are capable or able is known as practicing what?
What is Positive affirmations
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?
Define the difference between a lapse and a relapse.
Lapse- One time setback/use, able to continue with recovery.
Relapse- Continued use, back to old using behaviors.
What has thirteen hearts but no other organs?
A deck of cards.
The month that raises awareness of addiction and recovery and the color associated for Recovery.
What is September and Purple?
A mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment while calmly acknowledging and accepting ones feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations
What is Mindfulness/meditation
Three indispensable spiritual principles in the 12 step fellowship are? (hint, think of H.O.W.)
What are honesty, open-mindedness, and willingness.
What does H.A.L.T stand for in recovery?
Hungry, Angry, Lonely, and Tired
Hollywood's baddest bad boy, who toned down his crazy behavior for TV's famous comedy Two and a Half Men, and is reportedly over 3 years sober.
Who is Charlie Sheen?
________________ is the pleasure chemical in our brains that plays a major role in substance abuse and addiction
What is dopamine?
The practice of taking action to improve one's own health.
What is self-care?
Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
What is step 9?
What is an internal trigger?
What is an external trigger?
Internal: Thought or feeling that creates a craving to use
External: People, places, or things that creates a craving to use
This famous rapper was addicted to sleeping medications and is now in recovery
Who is Eminem?
What does SMART stand for?
Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Time-Bound
A method of tensing and relaxing muscle groups all over the body.
What is progressive muscle relaxation.
What are the 5 stages of change?
Precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance
This is the process by which the addicted brain invents excuses that allow the person in recovery to edge close enough to relapse situations that accidents can happen.
What is justification?
This recovery celebrity was a judge on American Idol, has chart-topping songs, and is married to superstar Nicole Kidman
Who is Keith Urban?
Describe what Cognitive Distortions are in Recovery.
Cognitive distortions are negatively exaggerated or irrational thoughts about ourselves. They’re usually negative assumptions we have about ourselves or ways of thinking in which you attempt to convince yourself something positive isn’t true.
(Ex: Catastrophizing, Disqualifying the Positives, All or nothing thinking, Jumping to conclusions)