Recovery
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Coping Skills
Clinical
100

A group of recovering addicts/alcoholics who support and encourage sobriety.

What is fellowship?

100

_______ before personalities

What are principles?

100

 When someone who is recovering from an addiction returns to using drugs or alcohol, or gambling, after a period of sobriety.

What is relapse?

100

A technique used to bring your focus back to the present moment, such as "5-4-3-2-1".

What is Grounding?

100

Common evidence-based behavioral therapy for substance use disorders.

What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)? 

200

This is what H.A.L.T. stands for - you should watch for these signs to support your recovery.

What is Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired?

200

Let go of ____   ______.

What are old ideas?

200

A process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential

What is recovery?

200

A simple, physical technique to immediately calm the nervous system.

What is deep breathing?

200

The four core elements of addiction, according to some models.

What are the 4 C's (Compulsion, Control, Craving, Consequences)?

300

These are the three "indispensable" spiritual principles of the 12 steps are often abbreviated as H.O.W.

 What are Honesty, Open-mindedness, and Willingness?

300

Nothing is so bad a drink won't _____ __ ______.

What is make it worse?

300

An individual’s ability to cope with adversity and adapt to challenges or change. This develops over time and gives an individual the capacity not only to cope with life’s challenges but also to be better prepared for the next stressful situation.

What is resiliency?

300

Use this skill when you do something that is the direct opposite of your negative emotional impulse, such as being kind to someone when you feel angry.

What is Opposite Action?

300

Name the 4 styles of communication.

(From Anger Management)

What are Assertive, Passive, Passive Aggressive, and Aggressive?

400

This is the fourth stage in the Stages of Change model (also known as the Transtheoretical Model) where people overtly modify their behavior and their surroundings. Make the move for which they have been preparing. Requires the greatest commitment of time and energy. Change is more visible to others.

What is the action stage?

400

To keep it, you have to ____ _____ _____

What is give it away?

400

This includes precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance. 

What are stages of change?

Bonus points (300) if you know the other name for this model

400

This skill involves identifying what you have control over, what you don’t, and skillfully letting go of things you cannot change.

What is Radical Acceptance?

400

Some people use emotions to make their decisions while others use logic or reason. DBT _____-____, uses a little of each.

What is Wise-Mind?

500

The 5 R's of recovery include Rest, Relationships, Routine, Recreation, and this. 

What are Resources (or Professional Help)?

500

We are only as ______ as our _____.

What is 'We are only as sick as our secrets'?

500

The area of the brain located beneath the basal ganglia, regulate the brain's reactions to stress-including behavioral responses like “fight or flight” and negative emotions like unease, anxiety, and irritability.

What is the amygdala?

500

A technique that involves tensing and then relaxing specific muscle groups.

What is Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR)?

500

The "Wellness Wheel has 8 categories. Name as many as you can (100 points each)

  • Social
  • Spiritual
  • Emotional
  • Environmental
  • Intellectual
  • Financial 
  • Occupational
  • Physical