Recovery
This is a group of people who have lived through similar experiences and meet to provide help to one another.
What is a support group?
These include people, places, and things.
What are external triggers?
This is a quality of being thankful, readiness to show appreciation for, and to return kindness. It makes what you have, enough.
What is gratitude?
An optimistic state of mind based on an expectation of positive outcomes; a desire for a certain thing to happen.
What is Hope?
This is the most commonly abused drug, after alcohol.
What is marijuana?
This is what S.M.A.R.T Goals stands for.
What is Specific, Measurable, Actionable, Realistic, and Timely?
Regular exercise, a balanced diet, drinking water, getting enough sleep are examples of consistent behavior that is beneficial to physical or mental health, often linked to discipline and self-control.
What are good habits / healthy habits?
These include emotions, thoughts, and feelings.
What are internal triggers?
Physical activity that can improve sleep, increase energy, reduce stress and anxiety, improve well-being, and increase mental alertness.
What is exercise?
Being OK with life on life's terms; willing to tolerate any situation.
"_______" is the answer to all my problems today.
What is Acceptance?
This is Andy's favorite coping skill.
What is exercise?
H.O.W. is recovery accomplished?
(Hint: This is an acronym for 3 indispensable spiritual principles.)
What is Honesty, Open-mindedness, and Willingness?
These are the methods used to tolerate and deal with difficult or stressful situations.
What are coping skills?
These are things to look out for, which include negative mental changes, attitude changes, or behavioral changes.
What are warning signs of relapse / red flags?
This is an activity done regularly in your leisure time to induce pleasure.
What is a hobby?
Seeking knowledge; allowing yourself to be persuaded by someone else's viewpoints instead of always needing to be right.
What is Open-minded?
This is Heather's favorite coping skill.
What is art? (extra points for cross-stitching or coloring) :)
A type of meditation led by an expert to take you through the basic steps of your meditation practice
What is guided meditation?
Regularly tending to your physical, spiritual, social, emotional, occupational, and intellectual conditions.
What is self-care?
Examples of this include: “I can handle this.” “Just one won’t hurt.” “I’ve already ruined everything, why stop now?”
What are Justifications/Rationalizations?
A practice using techniques – such as mindfulness – to train attention and awareness, and achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm, and stable state.
What is meditation?
What is Mindfulness?
This is Kristi's favorite coping skill.
What is box breathing or naming three good things? (extra points for pickle-ball)
“We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace… ”
What are the Ninth Step Promises?
The stage of change in which people work to prevent relapse and continue the progress made during the action stage. This stage extends from six months to an indeterminate period past the initial action stage.
What is the Maintenance stage?
The first stage of relapse, before the decision to use. One has stopped going to or sharing at meetings, begun isolating, become defensive.
What is Emotional Relapse?
You should "H.A.L.T." when you feel triggered, and check for these feelings.
What is Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired?
freedom from pride or arrogance; the quality or state of being humble
What is Humility?
This was the "quote of the week" last week and was displayed on the lightboard.
What is "If your past calls don't answer, it has nothing new to say"?
This is usually the strongest type of trigger; the most common cause for relapse.
What is Loneliness and bordom