Brain and Body
This brain chemical linked to pleasure becomes tied to substance use during addiction.
What is dopamine?
Gratitude is a skill that helps you notice what is ____ in your life, even during hard times.
What is good, steady, safe, or meaningful?
This emotion makes people feel broken, bad, or unworthy.
What is shame?
Noticing what you would lose can help protect against this.
What is relapse?
Gratitude can be practiced by noticing ______ things, not just big ones.
What are small things?
Gratitude activates this part of the brain responsible for self control and decision making.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
Gratitude does not mean pretending everything is ____ when it is not.
What is fine or okay?
Gratitude helps balance pain by ______ your perspective.
What is widening?
Gratitude can help you pause when this shows up.
What are cravings?
One example of gratitude is noticing you made it through a hard day without doing this.
What is using substances?
This stress hormone decreases when we regularly practice gratitude.
What is cortisol?
Gratitude works best when it is ______, not forced or fake.
What is honest?
Addiction often makes a person’s world feel very ______.
What is small?
Gratitude helps build this internal foundation that supports long-term recovery.
What is self respect?
Gratitude grows stronger when practiced like this body part.
What is a muscle?
This nervous system response is known as fight, flight, or freeze.
What is the stress response?
This happens when addiction causes the brain to focus only on pain, lack, and loss.
What is tunnel vision?
Gratitude gives your nervous system small ______ from survival mode.
What are breaks?
Gratitude strengthens this belief that change is possible.
What is hope?
Gratitude can include being thankful for housing, food, ______, and safety.
What is support?
These chemicals help regulate mood and motivation and are activated through gratitude.
What are dopamine and serotonin?
Gratitude and recovery both increase this ability to get through hard times without giving up.
What is resilience?
This emotional skill allows you to feel pain and appreciation at the same time.
What is emotional balance?
Recovery and gratitude both start with this skill.
What is awareness?
You do not have to be perfect at gratitude for it to be ______.
What is helpful?