Coping Strategies
Strategies you can use to cope with difficult emotions using your lungs
What are breathing techniques?
A popular organization that helps with alcohol recovery
What is AA?
You can go here to learn more tools in recovery
What is treatment?
This group of people can be a trigger in our recovery based on our childhood experiences
What is family?
You can say these to yourself daily to increase your self-esteem.
What are affirmations?
A step-based program through an Indigenous lens
What is The Red Road (to Wellbriety)?
Warning signs for potential relapse
What is isolation/rumination/boredom/irritability/avoidance?
A safe place to talk about your experiences, trauma, anxieties, etc. This is a place where you have someone who listens and helps you to learn more tools for recovery.
What is counselling?
The opposite of triggers
What are glimmers?
A coping strategy that releases endorphins into our bodies
What is exercise?
A ____ is someone who you can call and talk to when you need advice. They also have experienced an addiction and are in recovery from the addiction.
What is a sponsor?
Much like surfing a wave, you work through an urge by doing this
What is Urge Surfing?
Use _________ techniques to help you work through difficult thoughts and emotions. It can allow you to focus on the present moment, to observe your internal experiences, and to accept them without judgment or negativity.
What are meditation/mindfulness?
Three things that should be avoided for positive recovery
What are People, Places, and Things?