THE SCIENCE OF RELAPSE
This stage of relapse begins with unmanaged emotions and stress, often before cravings are consciously recognized.
What is emotional relapse?
Correct Answer Gets 1000
If stolen 1300 to the other team
Convincing yourself that “this time will be different” without changing behavior is an example of this.
What is rationalization?
Correct answer 500
If stolen 1000
This principle emphasizes that individuals should initiate the behaviors associated with recovery even when they lack the internal desire or "feeling" to do so.
What is action before motivation
Correct answer 1000
If Stolen 1200 to the other team
This animal has three hearts and blue blood.
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What is an octopus?
Correct Answer 1500
If WRONG 1000 TO THE OTHER TEAM
This brain process links environmental cues to reward pathways, (sights, sounds, smells, places, people) allowing triggers to activate cravings long after abstinence.
What is conditioned learning?
Correct answer 800
If Stolen 1600
Blaming others or circumstances for your actions instead of taking responsibility.
What is projection?
Correct answer 600
If stolen 800
A recovery concept stating that isolation strengthens addiction while connection weakens it.
What is the opposite of addiction is connection?
Correct answer 600
If Stolen 1000
I speak without a mouth, hear without ears, and grow louder the more you take away.
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What is an echo?
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The stress hormone that drives increased cravings, anxiety, and drug-seeking behavior as the brain tries to cope, perpetuating addiction when chronically elevated during early recovery
What is cortisol?
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If stolen 1200 to the other team
A faulty or irrational way of thinking that involves an individual habitually anticipating the worst possible outcome of a situation, regardless of the actual evidence.
What is catastrophizing?
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If Stolen 1200
This happens when someone attends meetings but avoids honesty, sponsorship, or service.
What is going through the motions?
Correct answer 900
If Stolen 1500
This animal can survive longer without water than a camel and is responsible for a large number of bites worldwide.
What is a rat?
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This phenomenon explains why returning to previous levels of use after abstinence greatly increases overdose risk.
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What is reduced tolerance?
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A psychological defense mechanism where an individual downplays the severity of their substance use and its consequences, even when faced with evidence of the negative impact on their life.
What is minimization?
Correct Answer Gets 800
If Stolen 1600
A recovery practice where helping others strengthens one’s own sobriety by reducing self-centered thinking.
What is service work?
correct answer 800
If stolen 1600
This deadly animal causes the most human fatalities annually worldwide, despite not being large or aggressive.
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What is the mosquito?
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A prolonged state of brain imbalance after substance cessation that can last weeks or months and affect mood, sleep, and focus.
What is Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS)?
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If Stolen 2500
a coping mechanism where individuals steer clear of painful emotions, thoughts, memories, situations, people, or places that trigger distress or challenge their substance use, effectively protecting the addiction by preventing confrontation with the problem and its consequences. It's a way to delay or escape negative feelings (like shame, anxiety, or responsibility) and can manifest as denying the problem, changing the subject, skipping therapy, or isolating from supportive people.
What is avoidance?
Correct answer gets 2000
If Stolen 3000
This long-term recovery truth suggests that effort applied in the wrong direction reinforces the problem itself.
What is surrender?
Correct answer 1500
If Stolen 2000
I am always coming, but never arrive. I can’t be seen, yet I control everything.
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What is the future?
Right answer 2500
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