Limbic System
Recovery
Vocab
Riddles
Celebs in
Recovery
Brain Teasers
100

a part of the limbic system that controls emotions and motivation


amydala

100

tendency to act without foresight or regard for consequences

impulsitivity

100

what has to be broken before you can use it

an egg

100

The actor says he used drugs before he was a teenager and spent most of his early career under their influence. He had several high-profile arrests in the late 1990s and early 2000s while misusing alcohol, cocaine, and heroin and spent time in a California prison and a state-run rehab facility. In 2002, he announced that he was recovered. Marvel’s 2008 movie Iron Man revived his stalled career.

Robert Downey JR

100

If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you dont have me. What am I?

a secret

200

part of the limbic system that controls learning and memory

hippocampus

200

process of thinking, learning, and remembering

cognition

200

what goes up but never comes down

age

200

who won Academy Awards for Good Will Hunting and Argo and starred as Batman in the DC Comics franchise, has been open about his issues with alcohol. He went to rehab for the first time in 2001 and has called addiction “a lifelong and difficult struggle.” Following a stay at a treatment center in 2018, Affleck said on social media, “If you have a problem, getting help is a sign of courage, not weakness or failure.”

Ben Affleck

200

if Im holding a bee, what do I have in my eye?

beauty

300

part of hte limbic system that controls motor function and emotions

basil ganglia

300

chemical substance that binds to and blocks the activation of certain receptors ex: narcan

antagonist

300

you see a boat filled with people, yet there isnt a single person on board. how is this possible?

all the people on the boat are married

300

He’s been nominated for several Academy Awards, but the actor went through some hard times on his way to success. He says years of drug and alcohol misuse threatened to ruin his life, and in 2004 at the age of 29, he made the decision to stop using them. He’s since become one of Hollywood’s most bankable leading men.

Bradly Cooper

300

turn me on my side and i am eveything. cut me in half and im nothing. what am i?

the number 8

400

part of the limbic system that controls body temp, hunger, and mood

hypothalamus

400

the state of having mixed feelings about something

ambivalence

400

what can fill up a room but takes up no space

light

400

The AIDS crisis inspired the singer to address his addictions. Sir Elton John says when his friend, the young AIDS activist Ryan White, died in 1990, he felt a lot of regret that he had spent the previous decade absorbed in alcohol and cocaine misuse. He sought treatment in 1990 and established the Elton John AIDS Foundation 2 years later

Elton John

400

I have seas without water, coasts without sand, towns without people and mountains without land. what am i

a map

500

part of the brain that controls behavior and emotions

limbic system

500

chemical substance that binds to and activates certain receptors on cells causing a biological response

agonist

500

people make me, save me, change me, raise me. what am i?

money

500

As his career failed to take off in the 1990s, the country singer turned more often to alcohol and drugs. By the time he had his first No. 1 hit, he was in a cycle of recovery and relapse. He credits his wife, actress Nicole Kidman, with getting him into successful treatment shortly after their marriage in 2006. Urban has won several Grammys and was the Country Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year in 2005.

Keith Urban

500

how much dirt is in a hole that measures 2 feet by 3 feet by 4 feet?

none