CBT & ACT Tools
Coping & Boundaries
Recovery in Action
Mental Health & Emotions
WILD CARD
100

In CBT, what does the "C" stand for?

What is Cognitive

100

What’s one healthy coping skill you can use under stress?

What is journaling, deep breathing, talking with a friend. etc

100

Name for a person also in recovery who can offer you lived experiences, guidance, resources, and assist in working through the 12 Steps.

Who is Sponsor/Peer Support?

100

What’s one grounding technique?

What is 5-4-3-2-1 senses, chair awareness, etc.

100

What organ in the body processes alcohol?

What is liver?

200

What does "delusion" mean in ACT?

Stepping back from thoughts so they don’t control you.

200

What is the name of the physical and emotional limits of appropriate behavior between people.

What is boundaries

200

What is Step 1 in Alcoholics Anonymous? * The big book*

What is admitting powerlessness over alcohol and that life has become unmanageable.

200

What is the main chemical in the brain linked to feelings of reward and addiction?

What is Dopamine.

200

I’m always in front of you, but you can never see me. What am I?

What is the future

300

Name one cognitive distortion. *Negative, biased thought*

What is: 

All-or-Nothing Thinking (viewing things in extremes), Overgeneralization (applying one negative event to all similar situations), Mental Filtering (focusing only on the negative), Jumping to Conclusions, Labeling  Personalization (taking blame for events outside your control), Emotional Reasoning (believing feelings are facts), and

"Should" Statements (setting unrealistic standards).

300

A example of a physical boundary 

What is personal space, not sharing a bed, locking your door etc.

300

What’s the difference between slip and relapse?

What is Slip = one-time use, followed by getting back on track; Relapse = returning to old patterns.

300

What hormone is most linked with the body’s stress response?


What is Cortisol

300

What does PRN mean

What is as the need arises (Pro re nata)

400

In ACT, values guide what kind of actions?

What is Committed actions.

400

DOUBLE JEOPARDY

What’s the difference between problem-focused and emotion-focused coping?

What is now problem-focused = solving the issue; emotion-focused = managing feelings.

400

When was AA invented 

What is 1935

400

Fill in the blank — “You don’t rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your ______.” Hint Atomic Habits


What is Systems.

400

Name all the DAYTIME staff and Interns at the Chattanooga Recovery Center. 

Patrick, Julia, Katie, Erin, Stephen, Neal, Jeanie, Alexis, MJ, Collier, April, Amber, Zach.

500

What is the cognitive triangle?

What is The connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

500

What is HALT, and why is it important in recovery?

What is Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired warning signs for relapse.

500

Bonus 300++

What are the six stages of the change model. (Transtheoretical Model)

Precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance and relapse.

500

What’s the “1% rule” in Atomic Habits?

What is small daily improvements compound into big long-term results

500

What Did April bake yesterday 

What is A zucchini blueberry chocolate cake