Recovery Basics
True or False: Recovery means your life has to be perfect.
What is False?
What does MAT stand for?
What is Medication-Assisted Treatment?
Name one place someone can find recovery support.
What is a recovery community center (The Recovery Den), support group, church, treatment center, or peer support program?
Name one healthy way to deal with stress.
What is walking, talking to someone, deep breathing, exercising, journaling, or listening to music?
Myth or Fact: Recovery looks the same for everyone.
What is a Myth?
Name one thing that recovery can help improve.
What is relationships, health, employment, housing, confidence, mental health, or quality of life?
True or False: Everyone receiving MAT must eventually stop taking their medication to be considered in recovery.
What is False?
What is a Certified Recovery Support Specialist (CRSS)?
What is someone with lived experience who helps others in recovery?
True or False: Cravings last forever.
What is False?
Myth or Fact: Asking for help is a sign of weakness.
What is a Myth?
What does it mean to "take recovery one day at a time?"
What is focusing on today instead of worrying about forever?
MAT combines medication with what two things?
What are counseling and recovery support?
Why is having sober support important?
What is because recovery is easier when you have people encouraging and supporting you?
Name one thing you can do when a craving hits.
What is call someone, leave the situation, distract yourself, attend a meeting, or use grounding skills?
Myth or Fact: People can recover after many relapses.
What is a Fact?
What is a relapse?
What is returning to substance use after a period of recovery?
Name one medication used to treat opioid use disorder.
What is Buprenorphine (Suboxone), Methadone, or Naltrexone (Vivitrol)?
Name one type of recovery meeting.
What is SMART Recovery, AA, NA, Celebrate Recovery, Life Recovery, etc.?
What is HALT?
What is Hungry, Angry, Lonely, and Tired?
Myth or Fact: People receiving MAT can maintain employment, build healthy relationships, and live fulfilling lives.
What is Fact?
A return to substance use means a person has lost all the progress they made.
What is False?
What is the goal of MAT?
What is helping people stay alive, reduce cravings, prevent overdose, and support long-term recovery?
What does a recovery community do?
What is providing hope, connection, support, resources, and a place where people belong?
Why is it important to recognize triggers?
What is so you can prepare healthy ways to respond before cravings become overwhelming?
Myth or Fact: Recovery includes improving your quality of life.
What is Fact?