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100

These are the three principles

Mind, Thought, Consciousness

100

Don't need a sorting hat to figure out this wizard's in recovery

Daniel Radcliffe

100

Primary chemical talked about with addiction/brain

dopamine

100

Program that looks at addiction from family perspective

Al-Anon/Nar-Anon, ACOA, Learn2Cope

100

WHO is Heather's favorite Inside Out Character?

Bing Bong

100

Author, speaker, and all around good gal who talks about vulnerability in Netflix Call to Courage (watched Monday)

Brene Brown

100

Roughly how many thoughts do we have a day? Ballpark

75,000(+/-) 25,000 accepted

200

Founder of the three principles

Sydney Banks

200

Mean Girls are not exempt from substance use disorders, even ones who drive Herbie, Fully Loaded

Lindsay Lohan

200

Anger is rooted in what two other emotions/experiences

pain and fear

200

Name a community based AA/NA alternative

SMART

Celebrate

3ps

etc. 


200

Heather's favorite DC villain 

Harley Quinn 

200

Give me ONE Heatherific/3 Principles example of why Heather makes you watch Inside Out (multiple answers accepted)

Change in perspective, acknowledging your feelings instead of stuffing them down, Bing Bong., separate realities (characters experiencing own thoughts in the moment), low consciousnsss levels can cause thinking to go astray (bad idea with running away), shows anger as secondary emotion… I could go on

200

True/False- People going through PAWS from opioid use disorder are likely to have a decrease in pain tolerance.

TRUE- BONUS FOR DAILY DOUBLE- WHY?!

300

The idea that we are all experiencing our thoughts in the moment, and that experience is different to each one of us

Separate Realities 

300

Reality star/talk show host, famous father, British

Kelly Osborne

300

Accounts for why the Pink Cloud happens in early recovery

extra dopamine bursts with new experiences, new people in life, physically feeling better, new outlook on life

300

Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous Page 417

Acceptance

300

Heather's definition of IMPULSE

Action without AWARENESS of thought

300

Benefit from watching Encanto besides that catchy soundtrack (multiple answers accepted)

Shows family systems, shows generational trauma, shows multiple mental health challenges and potential coping skills… BONUS points Aka daily double if you sing some. 

300

When is the three principles meeting?

Wednesdays at 8. Don’t be late. I would not could not want to wait. 

400

VABEs Stand for this...

Values

Assumptions

Beliefs

Expectations

400

Actor, Handsome (whatever, Heather typed these), not currently experiencing a HANGOVER anymore, There is always a SILVER LINING

Bradley Cooper

400

Animal classification represented in the "limbic system" aka the pleasure center of the brain. (often referred to as the ___________ brain)

Reptilian 

400

Hit me with 5 well-known recovery slogans

GO. 

easy does it, think think think, first thought wrong, one day at a time, keep it simple silly, live and let live, let go and let god, HALT, it's a good day to be sober, meeting makers make it, fake it til you make it, nothing changes if nothing changes, patience takes patience

400

2 things Heather says you need for sustained, long-term sobriety

consciousness (awareness), and self-worth

400

Where were Mark and Norm “Lost” 

Woonsocket

400

Heather’s favorite celebrity in recovery clues-

80s movie star from Ohio, moved to Malibu in middle school, growing up next to (another person in recovery-) Emilio Estevez; later went on to star with him forming the Brat Pack. 90s/00s television actor. Loves the Rams and Atkins. Known for being ridiculously handsome- LITERALLY 

ROB LOWE 

500

Something we are all born with, a baseline for our psychological life

Innate Health, Resilience

500

Singer, has KOALAfications for this category, beautiful wife

Keith Urban

500

One of the five senses that is most tied to memory longevity, meaning you recall memories through this sense the longest throughout life

Smell!

500

Only word difference between AA 12 steps and Al-Anon 12 steps

12th step

alcoholics/others

500

Two houses that make up Heather's personality using a sorting hat. BONUS. what house are you?

HufflePuff

RavenClaw (also the two most underrated houses in the whole franchise, lets be honest)

500

Ok ok back to Vulnerability. In Call to Courage, watched JUST two days ago- what THREE words were used to define vulnerability that you had to write on your paper?

Uncertainty, risk, emotional exposure 

500

Why does Heather name the caseload “The Purple People” don’t say it’s her fav color, There ads ACTUAL reasons- WOOF. 

Gives a family within the treatment facility, inclusion, inception- if I say it enough when you hear purple you will think Heather. Purple is the color of recovery, representing healing, increased intuition, balance, emotional regulation, decision making…