Memorial, Independence and Labor Day Trivia
This is why we commemorate Memorial Day.
To honor and mourn members of the military who have died while serving in the United States Armed Forces.
In this Stage of Change we already have a solid recovery program in place. Now we are maintaining it on a daily basis.
What is Maintenance?
Baseball was invented in this year:
1846
1911
1792
1711
What is 1846?
In 1846, the Knickerbockers played the first official game of baseball against a team of cricket players, beginning a new, uniquely American tradition.
The human brain contains approximately this many neurons.
A. One hundred trillion
B. One hundred billion
C. One hundred million
D. One hundred thousand
E. Zero. There are no neurons in the brain. They are limited to the Central Nervous System.
What is One hundred Billion?
A therapy featuring a technique that resembles hyperventilation.
What is Breathworks?
This is why we celebrate Labor Day.
Labor Day pays tribute to the contributions and achievements of American workers.
Labor Day is traditionally observed on the first Monday in September. It was created by the labor movement in the late 19th century and became a federal holiday in 1894.
In this Stage of Change we have no interest in getting clean or sober.
What is Pre-Contemplation?
This famous Race Car organization features stock cars.
What is NASCAR?
NASCAR, or National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, is the sanctioning body for stock-car racing in North America, founded in 1948 in Daytona Beach, Fla., and responsible for making stock-car racing a widely popular sport in the United States by the turn of the 21st century.
The name for chemical messengers in the brain like Dopamine and Serotonin.
What are Neurotransmitters?
Thoughts, Feelings and Behaviors are examined in this type of therapy.
What is Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)?
This is what Independence Day commemorates.
We think of July 4, 1776, as a day that represents the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the United States of America as an independent nation.
In this Stage of Change we are not yet ready to get clean and sober, but we are at least thinking about it.
What is Contemplation?
This is the coldest state in the U.S.
What is Alaska?
Alaska's average temperature is 26.6°F and can go as low as -30°F during the winter months.
Planning, organization, logical thinking and reasoning are all constructed in this part of the brain.
What is the Frontal Lobe?
Name 3 recovery support groups that don't include the word "Anonymous".
SMART, Refuge, Celebrate, ACA, GA, Al-Anon, etc.
This is how how much money Americans spend on fireworks every year.
$1 billion
$375 million
Approximately $875,000
$1.5 Trillion
What is $1 Billion?
According to the American Pyrotechnics Association, Americans spend more than $1 billion on fireworks each year. Out of this, only 10% of firework displays are set off professionally, which probably accounts for the estimated 12,900 firework-related emergency room visits across the country.
In this Stage of Change we are now doing the work and developing a strong recovery program.
What is Action?
This is the best-selling candy bar in the U.S. and worldwide.
What is a Snickers?
Snickers has annual global sales of $2 billion.
More than 400 million Snickers bars are sold per year.
The "fight or flight" response is found in this part of the brain.
What is the Limbic System or the Amygdala?
Utilizing a wand and other techniques to direct the patient's eyes from side to side, this trauma therapy resembles REM sleep.
What is EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing?
Memorial Day began as a response to the fallen soldiers in this war.
What was the Civil War?
Memorial Day was a response to the unprecedented carnage of the Civil War, in which a total of some 620,000 soldiers died between both sides. The loss of life and its effect on communities throughout the country led to several spontaneous commemorations of the dead.
In this Stage of Change we are ready to get clean and sober and looking at our options for doing so.
What is Preparation?
There are 12 known planets in our solar system. Name 8 of them.
(All12): Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Charon, and the provisionally named 2003 UB313.
A type of brain disease caused by excessive alcohol consumption which resembles dementia.
What is Wet Brain?
In Wet Brain cases, thiamine levels are compromised through poor eating habits. The links between chronic alcoholism and these conditions are heightened because alcoholics tend to make poor dietary and lifestyle choices, resulting in brain damage.
This is what SMART stands for in SMART Recovery.
What is Self-Management And Recovery Training?