Coping Skills
AA/NA/SMART/Etc.
Triggers/Warning Signs
Relapse Prevention
Random Riddles
100

How does "Playing the Tape Through" work?

Visualizing events that would likely happen if you decided to use. 

100

Live and let live, Keep it simple, One day at a time, Let go and let God are examples of what?

12 step slogans 

100

(Especially) In early recovery, what is the most used method for handling triggers?

Avoidance

100
How long do post-acute withdrawal symptoms (PAWS) last? 
Up to 2 years with most intense symptoms the first 1-2 weeks of sobriety
100

What breaks yet never falls, and what falls yet never breaks? 

Day and Night

200

Keeping a daily or weekly record to explore your experiences and emotions, and assist in processing intense emotions.

Journaling

200

AA, NA, SMART Recovery, CODA are forms of what?

Community Meetings/Supports

200

Isolating yourself and putting yourself in risky situations are examples of:

Warning signs of a relapse

200

True or False: Relapse isn’t as simple as suddenly returning to drug and alcohol use — it’s a process that affects multiple aspects of a person’s life.

True

200

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in one thousand years?

The letter M 

300

This type of coping includes comforting yourself through the 5 senses.

Self-Soothing

300

What was the year NA was started? 

1953

Bonus: James "Jimmy K" Kinnon was the founder


300

What is an internal trigger?

What is an external trigger?

Internal: Thought or feeling that creates a craving to use 

External: People, places, or things that creates a craving to use


300

Convincing yourself that it's okay or that you have to use substances/engage in addictive behaviors

Relapse Justification

300

What is the difference between a jailer and a jeweler? 

A jailer watches cells and a jeweler sells watches.

400

A state of mind where you are thankful and taking notice of the good things in your life, rather than focusing on the bad. 

Gratitude. 

Bonus 50 PTS if everyone in the group shares 1 thing they are grateful for. 

400

What does SMART stand for? 

What are SMART goals? 

DAILY DOUBLE: 200 PTS

Self-Management And Recovery Training 

Specific, Measurable, Agreeable, Realistic, Time-Bound

400

Believing in our ability so greatly that it can cause us setbacks or problems in relation to recovery and mental health.

Overconfidence

400

These are the three types of relapse.

BONUS 100 FOR DEFINITION OF EACH

Emotional: Some refer to this as the internal stage of relapse. Characterized in this stage are events, whether external or internal, that will affect the person’s life 

Mental: Individuals may start to romanticize and fantasize about alcohol or drug abuse. They might simply think about the “positive” effects of substance use (euphoria, etc.) But, the unhealthy and harmful results of substance abuse may not come up in their minds. 

Physical: The final stage, when the physical use of drugs or alcohol actually occurs. Individuals commonly think of this stage as the definition of relapse. 

400

I have keys but no locks.
I have a space but no room.
You can enter, but you can’t go outside.
What am I?

A Keyboard

500

A mindfulness exercise that reduces stress and anxiety in your body by having you slowly tense and then relax each muscle

Progressive Muscle Relaxation

500

Why is the Alcoholics Anonymous book nicknamed "The Big Book"?

They picked the cheapest, thickest paper the printer had, and requested that each page be printed with unusually large margins surrounding the text. This   made for an unusually large book.

500

Repetitively going over a thought or a problem without completion; can occur when experiencing anxiety or depression.

Rumination

500

What do we mean when we say "Surf the Urge"?

Accepting that a cravings is happening, feeling everything that is happening.

500

What has thirteen hearts but no other organs? 

A deck of cards.