Mental Health
Recovery Work
Life Skills
Staying on Track
Coping Toolbox
Halloween
100

True or False: Everyone has mental health, even if they don't have a mental health diagnosis.

true

100

What recovery principle means taking responsibility for your actions and choices?

accountability

100

This life skills involves planning how income will be used for rent, food, transportation, savings, and other expenses.

budgeting

100

True or False: Isolation can be a warning sign that someone's mental health or recovery is getting off track.

True

100

This coping technique involves slowly breathing in and out to reduce physical tension and emotional arousal

Deep Breathing

100

What is the name of the famous vampire who lives in Transylvania?

Dracula

200

An emotion that is often described as a secondary emotion because it can cover up hurt, fear, embarrassment, or sadness.

anger

200

The term for a person, place, situation, thought, or feeling that increases the urge to use substances.

trigger

200

This skill involves organizing appointments, responsibilities, work, treatment, and free time.

time management

200

This is the recovery term for returning to alcohol or drug use after a period of abstinence or recovery

Relapse/return to use

200

This coping strategy involves temporarily leaving a stressful situation so you can calm down before responding

Taking space/ a time-out

200

In A Nightmare on Elm Street, what is the name of the killer who attacks people in their dreams?

Freddy Krueger

300

A term for repeatedly thinking negatively about yourself, such as "I'm a failure" or "I can't do anything right"?

Negative self-talk

300

A strong desire or urge to use alcohol or drugs is called.

craving

300

This communication style involves clearly expressing your needs while respecting the rights of other people.

assertive communication

300

These are people you can contact when you're struggling, such as a counselor, sponsor, peer, family member, or trusted friend.

Support system

300

This coping skill involves focusing your attention on the present moment instead of worrying about the past or future.

Mindfulness

300

What candy was once marketed under the name “Chicken Feed”?

Candy corn

400

A mental health skill that involves noticing where you are, what you can see, hear, feel, smell, or touch to bring yourself back to the present moment.

grounding

400

A recovery tool that identifies triggers, warning signs, coping strategies, and actions to take before returning to substance use.

relapse prevention plan

400

Limits that a person establishes to protect their time, safety, emotional well-being, and recovery.

Boundaries

400

This skill involves recognizing that a situation is becoming dangerous to your recovery and leaving before it gets worse

Avoiding/removing yourself from a high-risk situation

400

In the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique, what number of things do you identify that you can SEE

Five

400

What does the word “Halloween” derive from?

“All Hallows’ Eve”

500

A CBT skill that involves identifying an unhealthy thought and replacing it with a more realistic or balanced thought.

cognitive restructuring/reframing

500

Early changes in thoughts, emotions, or behaviors that may indicate someone's recovery is beginning to get off track.

Warning signs

500

This type of goal is Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound.

SMART goal

500

This term describes a situation in which exposure to people, places, emotions, or circumstances creates and increased risk of substance use.

High-risk situation

500

What DBT skill means accepting reality as it currently exists, even when you don't like or approve of it

Radical acceptance

500

Before pumpkins became popular in America, what root vegetable was commonly carved in parts of Ireland and Scotland?

Turnip