Biology of Recovery
This biological function allows the brain to heal itself.
What is Sleep?
This strategy involves mapping out high-risk locations and strictly avoiding them to maintain safety
What is the "Red Zone" strategy?
This core concept states that events themselves do not cause emotions; instead, our emotions are caused by this.
What is our interpretation?
This guiding concept, referred to as the "North Star," helps move a person from "Running Away" to "Running Toward" a goal.
What are Values and Vision?
This is the only fruit that has its seeds on the outside.
What is a strawberry?
This activity is recommended daily because it reduces depression and is physically incompatible with using substances.
What is vigorous exercise?
This strategy involves mapping out high-risk locations and strictly avoiding them to maintain safety.
What is the "Red Zone" strategy?
This is the rational response to the permission-giving lie we tell ourself: "I've had a rough day; I deserve a pick me up.
What is "I deserve to be healthy"? Drugs create ,pre stress, they do not cure it.
This "golden rule" of motivation suggests that you must do the activity first, and the feeling will follow
What is "Action precedes Motivation"?
In the game of chess, this is the only piece that can jump over other pieces.
What is a Knight?
Eating these types of foods during recovery can cause blood sugar spikes and drops that mimic the mood swings and cravings of addiction.
What are high-sugar or "sweets"?
This is the most effective way to weaken a craving episode naturally over time.
What is not responding to the urge or waiting for the episode to fade?
While guilt says "I did something bad," this emotion says "I am bad" and requires rebuilding self-esteem.
What is shame?
To avoid "decision fatigue" and regulate brain chemistry, the guide suggests following one of these for at least 3 months.
What is a daily schedule (or routine)?
This is the tallest mammal in the world, needing a heart that weighs about 25 pounds to pump blood all the way up its neck.
What is a giraffe?
Symptoms like foggy thinking and oversensitivity are described not as permanent damage, but as temporary signs of this.
What is healing?
This specific technique for "crushing cravings" involves changing sensory input, such as taking a cold shower or listening to loud music
What is distraction?
In conflict resolution, this mode focuses on finding a solution where both parties benefit through common interest.
What is Cooperation?
This is the specific term for moving away from "weak" material rewards (like buying a car) toward "strong" internal rewards like integrity and pride in one's legacy.
What is the Incentive Shift?
This month when spelled backwards is the name of a food.
What is May?
This biological baseline should be lowered daily through relaxation techniques like meditation and deep breathing
What is the fight-or-flight response?
While a craving is the desire for a substance, this term describes the actual internal feeling of pressure to act on that craving
What is an urge?
This is defined as a limit set to protect recovery, and it must be enforced by action rather than just words.
What is a boundary?
This is defined as the most effective way to stop using substances permanently: by focusing your energy on this specific goal.
What is building a life you don’t want to escape from?
This is the only letter in the English alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the 50 United States.
What is the letter Q?