Emotions
A strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility.
What is Anger.
To deal with anger, use relaxation techniques like deep breathing or taking a timeout, and try to de-escalate by exercising or distracting yourself with a calming activity.
A practice in which an individual uses a technique to train attention and awareness and detach from reflexive, "discursive thinking", achieving a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state
Meditation
A person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection.
Friend
Calling a friend in difficult times can help with processing your thoughts, feelings and emotions.
Uses personal experience with addiction and recovery to provide support, encouragement, and hope to others.
Peer Recovery Support Specialist
This is done with a sample of your urine.
Drug Screening
A feeling or showing pleasure or contentment.
Happy
To improve happiness, focus on strengthening social connections by spending time with loved ones and performing acts of kindness, and prioritize your physical and mental health through regular exercise, sufficient sleep, and mindfulness.
Writing down thoughts, feelings, and experiences
Journaling
Includes both traditional and modern structures, recognizing that it can be formed by ties of blood, marriage, or adoption, or be a chosen group of individuals with a deep emotional bond
Family
Calling a family member in difficult times can help with processing your thoughts, feelings and emotions.
Helps individuals navigate their recovery journey by providing guidance, support, and motivation.
Recovery Coach
Every day is a new opportunity for growth.
Possibility
The act of how addiction has affected your life, and the reality of healing takes time and support
Acceptance
It is also the process of accepting yourself, including past mistakes, to build a strong foundation for moving forward with confidence.
Reaching out to trusted friends, family members, or support groups can provide a valuable source of comfort, guidance and perspective.
Social Support
These people treat a variety of mental health and substance abuse disorders.
Counselors
Through counseling, clients can help with processing your thoughts, feelings and emotions, trauma, and help with developing healthy coping skills to remain sober.
Electrician, mechanic, and truck driver are all examples of what?
Skilled Trade
The future is brighter than you think
Hope
The quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness.
Gratitude
Some ways to improve your gratitude are express thanks to other, practice. gratitude journaling, and intentinally focus on the good though mindfulness and reflection.
Participate in activities that you find enjoyable and relaxing
Taking care of yourself/Self Care
Address the social and emotional aspects of addiction, including mental health and substance use disorders, and help with case management.
Social Worker
A person trained to give guidance on personal, social, or psychological problems.
Counselor
Individuals who are in recovery can absolutely become a counselor or therapist.
Turn "I wish" into "I will".
Act
To much to deal with
Overwhelmed
When you feel like you are overwhelmed you can pause and breathe, ground yourself, change your environment, talk to someone, attend meetings
Understand how to say “no” to situations or individuals that may harm your recovery.
Setting Healthy Boundaries
Provide counseling and therapy to help address the psychological and behavioral impact of addiction.
Psychologists
A person trained to care for the sick or infirm
Nurse
Individuals with a criminal background can become a Nurse. It depends on the specific conviction, the state's regulation (Yes NJ does!), and the presence of evidence of rehabilitation.
You have the power to do this.
Change