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100

This drug can ultimately help you fall asleep quicker, but you do not often have good quality sleep or reach the REM sleep cycle, which is what makes you dream.

What is Marijuana?

100

Describe the last time you were in "rational mind" and share it with the group.

Facts are important. Opposite of "emotion mind." No emotions were present.

100

An actor that started out as a stand-up comedian, then went into making movies such as Mrs. Doubtfire, Patch Adams, Good Will Hunting, and many others.  This actor committed suicide in 2014.

Who is Robin Williams?

100

____ % of people that use illicit drugs develop an addiction.

What is 25%?

100

A successful musician helps a young, female singer to get discovered as his age and battle with alcoholism create barriers to his own career and the industry that he’s grown accustomed to.

What is "A Star is Born?"

200

____originally contained an estimated nine milligrams of cocaine per serving. While cocaine was officially removed from the drink’s ingredients in 1903, a cocaine-free version of the coca leaf is still used as a flavor additive in the soda.

What is Coca-Cola?

200

Describe the last time you were in "emotion mind."  Talk about the situation and the experience with the group.

We are in emotion mind often as human beings. This can be when we are upset, angry, ecstatic, excited, sad, etc. 

Emotion mind is: Hot, Mood-Dependent, & Emotion Focused. When in emotion mind, you are ruled by your moods, feelings and urges to do or say things. Facts reason, and logic is not important.

200

The singer songwriter of Piano Man struggled with alcohol abuse for years before entering rehab.

Who is Billy Joel?

200

____ is the most commonly used illicit drug in the U.S.

What is Marijuana?

200

This movie about a fathers journey through his son’s addiction was released in 2018.

What is "Beautiful Boy?"

300

_______and marijuana stimulate the same receptors in the brain. It takes essentially 25 pounds of chocolate to have the same effects as one joint.”

Chocolate

300

breathe in for 5 seconds through your nose, hold it for 5 seconds, and blow out through your mouth for 5 seconds

What is paced breathing?

300

This actor died tragically in 2008 of a toxic combination of prescription medications, including both opioids and benzodiazepines. He posthumously received the Best Supporting Actor award at the Oscar’s in 2009 for his captivating role as the Joker in The Dark Knight.

Who is Heath Ledger?

300

The need to increase the dose in order to feel the same or have a better "high."

What is tolerance?

300

This 2012 movie stars Denzel Washington who is an airline pilot who has a problem with drugs and alcohol.

What is "Flight?"

400

This food spice can act as a hallucinogen and it may be in your kitchen.

What is nutmeg?
400

5 things you can see

4 things you can touch

3 things you can hear

2 things you can smell

1 thing you can taste

What is Grounding?

400

This actress who is most well known for playing Princess Leia has spoken out about having bipolar disorder and is in recovery from cocaine and prescription drug abuse.

Who is Carrie Fisher?

400

____ is the most abused substance.

What is Alcohol?

400

A hunger for heroin and cocaine attempt to derail a teenager’s dream of becoming a basketball star.

What is "The Basketball Diaries?"

500

_____ used to be advertised as a cough suppressant.

What is Heroin?

500

The amount of time you should spend practicing mindfulness skills.

What is Daily?

500

Stand-up comedian that was first discovered on SNL.  Acted in "Tommy Boy" as Tommy.  Died in 1997 from morphine and cocaine overdose.

Who is Chris Farley?

500

The percent of people that receive treatment for addiction.

What is 10%?

500

A successful real estate salesman checks himself into rehab for his cocaine addiction in order to escape his concerns over money he’s embezzled and from an unfortunate experience of waking up next to a woman whose suffered a heart attack from an overdose. In the end, he realizes that the rehab is exactly what he needs to get his life on track.

What is "Clean and Sober?"