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Crisis is Addiction
DISTRACTING SKILLS
SELF SOOTHING SKILLS/ IMPROVE
PROS AND CONS / ACCEPTING REALITY
MISCELLANEOUS
100

What is sitting with a desire to do something, and not distracting from it until the desire goes away.

Urge Surfing

100
MANAGING STRONG EMOTIONS BY DISTRACTING OUR ATTENTION BY DOING SOMETHING WE ENJOY.
WHAT IS ACTIVITIES?
100
USING 5 SENSES TO HELP COMFORT OURSELVES
WHAT ARE DBT 5 SELF-SOOTHING SKILLS
100
THINKING ABOUT THE GOOD AND BAD OUTCOMES OF TOLERATING AND NOT TOLERATING DISTRESS.
WHAT IS PROS AND CONS?
100

What are the distress tolerance skills used to help us with? (more than one answer works)

Tolerate crisis situations without making them worse; accept reality, deal with addiction.

200
True or False: When you burn a bridge, you do everything you can to get rid of the connection to your ability to use your substance through that person or thing.
True
200
REFOCUSING ATTENTION FROM YOURSELF TO WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR OTHERS?
WHAT IS CONTRIBUTING?
200
REPLACING IMMEDIATE NEGATIVE EVENTS OR EMOTIONS WITH MORE POSITIVE ONES.
WHAT IS IMPROVING THE MOMENT?
200
IDENTIFYING WHAT YOU HAVE CONTROL OVER, WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER AND SKILLFULLY LETTING GO OF THINGS YOU CAN'T CONTROL. DOES NOT MEAN APPROVAL OR RESIGNATION, IT MEANS FOCUSING YOUR ENERGY ON WHAT YOU HAVE CONTROL OVER.
WHAT IS RADICAL ACCEPTANCE?
200
EMOTIONAL MIND, REASONABLE MIND AND WISE MIND
WHAT ARE THE THREE STATES OF MIND?
300

What is dialectical abstinence?

The synthesis of the harm reduction model, and the total abstinence model of substance use to make up an even more effective way to remain on the path to sobriety. 

300
REPLACING CURRENT NEGATIVE EMOTIONS WITH ANOTHER LESS NEGATIVE EMOTION.
WHAT IS (OTHER) EMOTION?
300
USING YOUR IMAGINATION TO CREATE AN EXPERIENCE THAT CAN DISTRACT, AND SOOTHE.
WHAT IS IMAGERY?
300
A WAY TO CHANGE HOW YOU FEEL BY CHANGING YOUR FACIAL EXPRESSION.
WHAT IS A HALF-SMILE?
300

Give us an example of how you used a Distress Tolerance skill this week.

Your example
400

Give a way to practice alternate rebellion.

-shave your head, wear all black, dress down for a fancy event, and MANY more answers. 

400
THE SITUATIONS OF OTHERS CAN HELP TO CAST A MORE POSITIVE LIGHT ON YOUR OWN SITUATION.
WHAT IS COMPARISON?
400
DEEP BREATHING, PROGRESSIVE MUSCLE RELAXATION, AND YOGA.
WHAT ARE RELAXATION SKILLS?
400
"THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS YOUR ATTITUDE ABOUT THE PROBLEM. DO YOU UNDERSTAND?"
WHAT IS ACCEPTING REALITY?
400
THINGS THAT ARE IN CONFLICT, BUT BOTH ARE REAL AND TRUE.
WHAT ARE DIALECTICS?
500

What is adaptive denial?

Adaptive denial is a means to deal with cravings and urges to use.  "Instead of denying outright that she’s craving a drink, Angela tells herself she’s craving mineral water or a good workout instead."  

500
ACCEPTS
WHAT ARE THE ABBREVIATIONS [MNEMONIC] TO AID IN REMEMBERING CRISIS SURVIVAL DISTRACTION SKILLS?
500
USING YOUR REASONABLE MIND TO FIND A PURPOSE TO UNDERSTAND YOUR SITUATION.
WHAT IS MEANING?
500
YOU ARE IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT OF YOUR THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, IMPULSES AND BEHAVIORS. YOU DECIDE WHICH ROAD/DIRECTION; LEFT/RIGHT EXIT, U TURN, PULL OVER AND STOP. MAKING A CONSCIOUS DECISION TO ACCEPT OVER AND OVER.
WHAT IS TURNING THE MIND?
500
DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY.
WHAT IS DBT?