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Table of Contents

Don’t abuse drugs: Find the two that are identical…………………………………….. 3

Say no to drugs: Find the two that are identical……………………………………….. 4

Take meds as prescribed: Find the two that are identical……………………………… 5

Abusing drugs is bad: Which is identical to the original?……………………..………. 6

The future happens one day at a time: Maze…………..………………………………. 7

Recovery 1 coloring…………...……………………………………………………….. 8

Recovery 2 coloring……………………………………………………………………. 9

About the author………………………………………………………………………... 10

Answers………………………………………………………………………………… 11

How to use this booklet

Everyone knows: Recovery is hard work. Especially in the beginning, there’s little play,

little joy, and little fun stuff to get things going. For providers, it’s about motivational

interviewing, cognitive behavioral therapy, relapse prevention, mindfulness exercises,

coping skills, and sometimes contingency management. For individuals who are trying to

beat addiction, recovery is centered around consequences of past decisions, processing past

mistakes, enormous life changes, 12-step meetings, poor concentration and memory, and

adjusting to a new and sober identity. Nope. Not easy work.

This little booklet presents a few lighthearted handouts centered around recovery. There are

seven handouts ranging from “Find the matching pair” to coloring to a few things in

between. Providers can use the worksheets as an introduction to addiction work, warm-ups

for group therapy, or a fun option for homework. Recovery is challenging, yes, but it’s also

meant to remind us that life can be imaginative, even silly… and filled with cartoons and

coloring. It’s all part of the treatment plan.

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Don’t abuse drugs. (What’s wrong with abusing drugs? While you reflect on this question,

consider… out of the images below, which two are identical?)

Okay, so what’s wrong with abusing drugs? List your reasons below.

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Does the future really happen one day at a time? While you’re considering

this grand thought, can you find your way through this maze?

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Pages 9 and 10 are

symbolically profound.

They’re also meant for

coloring.

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About the Author

When not writing, Kim Rosenthal practices life as a physician. Dr. Kim’s career as a travelling psychiatrist has led her from countryside to big cities to places where no one speaks English. The author attended medical school in Texas. She is board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, has licenses in Hawaii, Maine, and North Carolina, and a medical degree equivalency in Spain. These days the author works as an attending psychiatrist at a state hospital in North Carolina.

Dr. Kim is currently working on a clinical publication for recovering addicts. It’s called The Outside-the-Box Recovery Workbook and features hard recovery work balanced with artwork and fun. That means poetry, art therapy, puzzles, strange scenarios and… you guessed it, dozens of cartoons. If she’s lucky, the book will be available in 2022.

If you want to read more by Dr. Kim, check out kimrosenthalmd.com. The site includes more than 110 mental health articles, a dozen free or low-cost booklets like this one, plus information on the Outside-the-Box Recovery Workbook.

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Page 3. C and I

Page 4. G and I

Page 5. C and I

Page 6. B (D is a mirror image)

Page 7. Maze

Answers for Puzzles

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