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Coping Skills and Self-Care
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We do Recover!
Addiction Vocab
They Call Me Hot Steppa
Are you smarter than a 3rd Grader?
Random Recovery
200

I make two people out of one. What am I?

Shadow!

Mirror for half points

200

This self-care component reaps the following benefits: enhanced creativity, better problem solving, boosted immunity, and decreased stress levels. Sometimes involves getting horizontal.

What is rest?

200

When asked how old she was, Suzie replied, “In two years I will be twice as old as I was five years ago.” How old is she?

She’s 12.

200

One of the addiction recovery slang terms used to describe the abrupt and complete stop of taking drugs.

What is Cold Turkey?

200

A strong desire to use a substance or an addictive agent.

What is a craving? (urge accepted as well)

200

"Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs"

What is Step 12?

200

This is the largest Animal on the planet.

What is a blue whale?

200

This drug as an approved anesthetic in humans and was discontinued in 1965 because patients often became agitated, delusional, and irrational while recovering from its anesthetic effects.

What is PCP?

400

FREE 400 POINTS

WOO

400

This is often the best coping skill after a long hard day.

SLEEP! (PS, go to bed at a decent hour!)

400

I am four times as old as my daughter. In 20 years’ time, I shall be twice as old as her. How old are we now?

I am 40 and my daughter is 10.

400

The use of marijuana before what age may have a negative impact on brain development? 

25 years old.

400

Often involves a group of individuals, usually loved ones or close friends, who are ready to confront a person with addiction in an effort to persuade them to seek professional help for their substance abuse.

What is an intervention?

400

**Double Points**

"We came to believe that a Power grater than ourselves could restore us to sanity"

What is Step 2?

400

This technique is used by some animals to help hide from predators.

What is Camouflage? 

400

Withdrawal from this substance can cause headache, fatigue, anxiety, irritability, depressed mood, and difficulty concentrating.

What is caffeine?

600

You have me today,

Tomorrow you'll have more;

As your time passes,

I'm not easy to store;

I don't take up space,

But I'm only in one place;

I am what you saw,

But not what you see.

What am I?

Memories!

600

Spending at least this amount of time in nature will naturally release feel-good hormones

20 minutes

600

If 11 plus two equals one, what does nine plus five equal?

11 a.m. plus two hours = 1 p.m., 9 a.m. plus five hours = 2 p.m.

600

One of the greatest warning signs that we may be heading toward relapse. This can also mean you are too comfortable.

What is Complacency?
600

This is similar to what one would call a honeymoon phase for newlyweds. This syndrome is a stage in early addiction recovery the gives a person an often false sense of euphoria and confidence.

What is a Pink Cloud?
600

This book provides a more detailed look at each of the 12 steps and how they can be applied to different areas of life.

What is the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions?

600

Male members of this species give birth to their young, no the females.

What are Seahorses?

600

**DOUBLE POINTS**

To politely yet firmly stand up for yourself when facing a trigger or difficult situation is called this.

What is assertiveness?

800

A doctor and a bus driver are both in love with the same woman, an attractive girl named Sarah. The bus driver had to go on a long bus trip that would last a week. Before he left, he gave Sarah seven apples. Why?

An apple a day keeps the doctor away!

800

This activity has been shown to increase anti-anxiety levels by at least 26% and up to 80% when done for one hour

yoga (meditation also accepted)

800

Which letter of the alphabet has the most water?

The “C.”

800

We are presented with a dilemma when NA members identify themselves as addicts and alcoholics or talk  about living clean and sober, the clarity of then NA message is  blurred. To speak in this manner suggests  that there are two diseases, that one drug is somehow separate from the rest, requiring special recognition. Narcotics Anonymous makes no distinction between drugs. Our identification as addicts is all-inclusive, which allows us to concentrate on our similarities, not our differences.

What is The NA Clarity Statement?

800

A process of withdrawing a person from a specific psychoactive substance in a safe and effective manner.

What is Detox?

800

"We made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all."

What is Step 8?

800

Bee's collect and use this to make honey!

What is Pollen, or nectar?

800

This is the leading cause of preventable disease, disability, and death in the United States.

What is Tobacco? (Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse)

1000

Samuel was out for a walk when it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?

he is bald

1000

This form of self care was used by Guido's and Guidettes in the hit show "Jersey Shore"

What is GTL - Gym, Tan, Laundry!

1000

What begins with an “e” and only contains one letter?

An envelope.

1000

In 2017, _____ was responsible for more than 28,000 deaths in the US, which is more deaths than any other type of opioid.

What is fentanyl? (boooo)

1000

_____ is a discrimination against an identifiable group of people, a place, or a nation.

What is Stigma?

1000

"We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs"

What is Step 5? 

1000

This is the hottest planet in the solar system.

What is Venus?

1000

This Green and Gold book can be acquired at a meeting of addicts. It is full of questions and is not a hard back.

What is an NA Step Working Guide?

1200

Mary has four daughters, and each of her

daughters has a brother. How many children does

Mary have?

Five-each daughter has the same brother.

1200

Give 3 examples of coping skills using creativity as an outlet.

(any acceptable - examples)

Rapping, drawing, writing a novel, painting, 

1200

If a red house is made of red bricks, and a yellow house is made of yellow bricks, what is a greenhouse made of?

All greenhouses are made of glass.

1200

Any action by another person or an institution that intentionally or unintentionally has the effect of perpetuating an individual’s addictive process.

What is Enabling?

1200

"Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions." (hint: pass around a basket and put $ in)

What is the 7th Tradition?

1200

The hardest known natural material.

What are Jesse's Biceps - also accepted - What is Diamond? 

1200

**Double Points**

The circle and sides of the square of the NA symbol represent these. 

Circle= Universal program

Square= Self, Society, Service, God

Base= Goodwill

1400

Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.

1400

FREE 1400 PIONTS

POINTS

1400

What kind of room has no walls or corners?

A mushroom.

1400

Physical and mental symptoms that occur after stopping or reducing the intake of a drug.

What is Withdrawal?

1400

"We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out"

What is the 11th Step?

1400

This is the lightest element on the periodic table, and the most abundant element in the universe.

What is Hydrogen?

1400

Anxiety, intolerance, anger, defensiveness, mood swings, isolation, not asking for help, not going to meetings, poor eating habits, and poor sleeping habits.

What are signs of emotional relapse?

1600

I am white when I am dirty, and black when I am clean. What am I?

A blackboard!

1600

Dopamine, serotonin, and GABA are all examples of these

What are nuerotransmitters?

1600

How do you fix a cracked pumpkin?

With a pumpkin patch.

1600

This system within the body is made up of the brain and spinal cord. It controls thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and actions. This system can become damaged as a result of substance use.

What is Central Nervous System?

1600

"We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves"

What is Step 4?

1600

Roughly 90% of all earthquakes occur in this region on the edges of the Pacific Ocean.

What is the Ring of Fire?

1600

Our brain learns by _____ and ______.

What is repetition and reward?