Coping Skills
A practice of calming the body, quieting the mind, and opening the heart to think deeply or focus one's mind for a period of time. This takes the practitioner into a deeper state of relaxation and awareness.
Meditation
A temporary condition experienced after drinking large amounts of alcohol that affects your memory. It's characterized by a sense of lost time.
Blackout
An opioid antagonist that is used for treating alcohol and opioid dependence.
Vivitrol or Naltrexone
A Distress Tolerance skill in which you accept your circumstances without judgment. This is used when changing the circumstances is either not an option or something you are unwilling to do.
Radical Acceptance
A severe condition resulting from drinking copious amounts of alcohol in a short span of time. Symptoms include vomiting, seizures and, unconsciousness.
Alcohol Poisoning
Statements we say to ourselves to spark change or reprogram our subconscious mind.
“I am beautiful and capable”
“I’m in charge of how I feel and today I’m choosing happiness”
“I am enough”
Positive Affirmations
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
A process or period of time in which one abstains from or rids the body of toxic or unhealthy substances.
This is often the first stage of treatment, if not done at home.
Detox
A long-acting, partial opioid agonist used to treat opioid use disorder.
Suboxone (Buprenorphine)
A Distress Tolerance skill in DBT which involves weighing the costs and benefits (positive consequences and negative consequences) of a decision.
Pros and Cons
___ of heroin abusers will overdose at least once during their lifetime.
A) 45%
B) 20%
C) 70%
D) 90%
C) 70%
Imagining what would happen if we chose to use, including the consequences we might face, what could happen, how we might feel about ourselves.
Playing the tape through
A persistent occurrence of withdrawal symptoms that can last for months to a few years after a person gets sober.
Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS)
A synthetic opioid agonist used for opioid maintenance therapy in opioid dependence and for chronic pain management.
Methadone
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
DBT mindfulness skill or state of mind in DBT which refers to the synthesis of the emotion mind and rational/reasonable mind.
Wise Mind
People who smoke cigarettes are __-__ times more likely to develop lung cancer than people who do not smoke.
A) 15-30 times more likely
B) 5-10 times more likely
C) 2-3 times more likely
D) 10-20 times more likely
A) 15-30 times more likely
Writing down a record of experiences, ideas, or reflections kept regularly for private use.
Journaling
Ingestion or application of a drug or other substance in quantities greater than are recommended. May result in a risk to health, toxic state, or death.
Overdose
Which of the following terms is used to describe a drug that binds to a receptor, and activates it, but to a lesser extent than the endogenous chemical messenger?
a) agonist
b) antagonist
c) partial agonist
d) inverse agonist
C: Partial Agonist
A mindfulness HOW skill in DBT which refers to being fully present to the moment, not lost in the past or thinking about the future.
A) Non-judgmentally
B) Presence
C) One-Mindfully
D) Awareness
C) One-Mindfully
Withdrawal from either of these substances can potentially be life-threatening without proper treatment.
Alcohol and Benzodiazepines (such as Xanax)
A list you write of things about your life that you can refer to for inspiration, or as a reminder when you want to feel the sense of happiness that comes with thinking about good things in your life.
This list includes things that you have that you appreciate or mean a lot to you.
Gratitude List
A severe form of alcohol withdrawal that includes symptoms such as shaking, confusion, high blood pressure, fever, and hallucinations.
Delerium Tremens
Which of the following terms is used to describe a drug that has the same effect on a receptor as the endogenous chemical messenger (drug it is replacing)?
a) agonist
b) antagonist
c) partial agonist
d) inverse agonist
A: Agonist
The three "what" skills in DBT are observe, describe, and ______.
A) Think
B) Participate
C) Decide
D) Enjoy
B) Participate
Experiencing episodes of delusions or hallucinations as a direct result of drug abuse.
Drug-Induced Psychosis