Living in Balance
What's MAT stand for?
Medically Assisted Treatment
Recovery Support System/Network or something that sounds incredibly similar
"We done many people great harm, but most of all, we harmed ourselves.."
From "Why Are We Here" = Narcotics Anonymous
"Could I BE any more dead?"
This actor played Chandler on Friends, and although he achieved years of clean time, he went back out and unfortunately stayed out : /
Matthew Perry
(0 Years)
Post acute withdrawal syndrome (PAWS) is the psychological symptoms we experience as our brain 'heals' itself.. what's the technical term for the physical withdrawal we experience within the first 1-14 days of abstinence?
Acute withdrawal
Money Management was a hard lesson to get through.. but name a concept it covered (You can't just say, 'managing your money better,')
External triggers (places, people), Internal triggers (anxiety, depression) and ______ triggers (Example: certain smells) were covered over the course of living in Balance.
Sensory Triggers
People who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves...
From Chapter 5: How it Works = Alcoholics Anonymous
This stunt-comedy star just celebrated his 16th sober birthday. Pretty good, for a Jackass...
Steve-O
No higher power necessary, this alternative self-help organization believes in harm reduction, and the fact that you don't necessarily have to have life-time membership..
SMART Recovery
What's AIDS stand for?
Auto-immune Deficiency Syndrome.
True or False: Relapse generally happens in a blink of an eye..
False: It's a gradual process that one begins to by coming sluggish in their daily recovery efforts
Daily Reflections...
A book of daily readings from Alcoholics Anonymous.
(Just for Today is the Narcotics Anonymous equivalent)
While accepting an award, Brad Pitt honored this fellow actor of "Wedding Crashers" and "The Hangover" fame by pointing to him and saying, "I got sober because of this guy.."
Bradley Cooper
(19 Years)
"Empirically (scientifically) proven self-help groups like the one you're all sitting in were signed into law by Governor Newsom in 202_.
What year?
2023
Whereas AA, NA, CA, CMA, CGA are for the addicted individual themselves, name the self-help group for those who are family/who's lives have been impacted by the addicted individual..
Al-Anon or Alateen
These skills occupy one's interests and/or attention by enhancing one's quality of life compared to substance abuse which decreased one's quality of life.
Coping Skills / Coping Mechanisms
13th Stepping...
BOTH: It's where someone who's been in the program a while preys on a newcomer
Harry Potter? More like Hairy Chugger..
Daniel Radcliffe
(13 Years)
The prefrontal cortex is in the _____ lobe of the brain
The Frontal Lobe (Responsible for Executive Functioning: Reasoning, impulse control, decision making, judgement, etc).
Multiple Choice:
Choose which of the four was not the title of a Living in Balance lesson:
A. Advanced Relapse Prevention
B. The 12 Steps for Co-Occurring Disorders
C. Spirituality
D. Chronic Diseases
C. Spirituality AND Personality
HALT stands for...
Hungry
Angry
Lonely
Tired
I make promises...
The Promises of AA (Found in Chapter 6, 'Into Action':
I was in ET as a little girl...
Drew Barrymore
(5 Years)
Name a Packers quarterback other than Aaron Rodgers or Jordan Love
(Will need to judge this one, but Brett Favre, Bart Starr, Doug Pederson, Doug Majkowski... Brent Hundley would be an incorrect answer)