Cravings, Triggers & The Brain
This part of the brain becomes extremely reactive in early recovery, causing emotional overload and impulsive cravings.
What is the amygdala?
Correct answer 500
If stolen 800
An assessment of our successes and failures, strengths and defects which can be done on a daily basis
A personal inventory.
Correct answer 500
If stolen 800
The recovery mindset that shifts a person from “I have to stay sober forever” to “I only have to stay sober today” is based on what principle?
What is one-day-at-a-time thinking?
Correct answer 800
If stolen 1000
What does CODA stand for?
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Child of Deaf Adults
Right answer 1000
Wrong answer 1500 to the other team
When the brain reacts to a sight, smell, or memory as if the substance were actually taken, this is known as what type of conditioned response?
What is a cue-induced or conditioned withdrawal response?
Correct answer 600
If stolen 1000 to the other team
Replacing a harmful habit, such as drinking, for a less harmful one, such as eating candy.
This recovery tool involves checking your physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual condition throughout the day to prevent buildup of stress or resentment.
What is a personal inventory or spot-check inventory?
Correct answer 800
If stolen 1000
This tiny country has more billionaires per square mile than anywhere else on Earth.
What is Monaco?
Correct answer 1000
If stolen 1400
Cravings often become strongest during brief periods when emotions spike and coping tools haven’t kicked in yet. This danger window is called the ________.
What is the vulnerability window?
Correct answer 900
If stolen 1200
When someone stays extremely busy to avoid feelings and quietly stops doing meetings, prayer, service work, or spiritual practices, this relapse warning sign appears.
What is emotional avoidance through over-activity?
correct answer 900
If stolen 2100
When someone replaces old destructive habits with structured routines like meetings, rest, healthy eating, prayer, or journaling, they are building what essential foundation?
What is a recovery routine or daily structure?
Correct answer 900
If stolen 1200
This creature can deliver venom strong enough to kill dozens of people, yet it has no fangs, no stinger, and no teeth that can pierce skin.
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What is the box jellyfish?
Right answer 1900
Wrong answer 1200 to the other team
The thinking trap that turns one slip into a full relapse by saying “I already messed up, so it doesn’t matter anymore” is known as what?
What is all-or-nothing thinking (the abstinence violation effect)?
Correct answer 1200
If stolen 2000
“I should be further along than this” is an example of which powerful cognitive distortion that fuels relapse?
What is perfectionism or unrealistic expectations?
Correct answer 1200
If Stolen 2000
This recovery mindset helps someone stay grounded by accepting life as it is, instead of fighting reality or trying to control everything.
What is acceptance?
Correct answer 1200
If stolen 2000
The Challenger Deep, the deepest known point in the ocean, lies approximately how many miles below sea level?
What is about 6.8 miles?
Closest wins 3000 (Range 2-10 miles
During intense cravings, the decision-making center weakens and the emotional center takes over. Neuroscientists call this temporary brain state what?
What is hypo frontality?
Correct answer 2500
If stolen 3000
A person can relapse not from stress, but from good feelings like excitement, romance, or celebration. This phenomenon is known as what?
What is positive-emotional relapse or euphoric recall–induced relapse
Correct answer 1000
If stolen 1500
The process of learning to tell the truth about your feelings especially fear, shame, or resentment and sharing it with safe people is known as what?
What is emotional honesty?
Correct answer 1000
If stolen 2000
I can freeze you without being cold.
I can blind you without using light.
I grow stronger when you run from me,
and weaker when you face me.
I live only in your mind,
but I can change the way you see the world.
What am I?
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Answer: What is fear?
Right answer 2500
Wrong answer 2000 to the other team