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How many meals are catered to the Villa each week?
84 meals (12x7)
This coping skill helps reduce anxiety and can be practiced anywhere by focusing on your breath and slowly inhaling and exhaling.
What is deep breathing (or mindfulness breathing)?
What is it called when someone blames others for their own behavior?
Projection
This class of drug can cause muscle spasms, brain damage causing hearing and memory loss.
Inhalants
This American author of horror, sci-fi, and suspense novels once battled alcohol abuse but has been sober for decades
Who is Stephen King
How many bathrooms are on The Villa Property?
What is Six bathrooms.
How can creating a daily routine help in recovery?
It provides structure, reduces boredom, and lessens opportunities for relapse.
True or False: Denial is #1 defense mechanism in addiction.
True
Drugs cause this chemical messenger (neurotransmitter) to be released in excessive amounts and flood the reward pathway in the brain.
Dopamine
What notable organ are moths missing?
Stomachs, they consume nutrients stored in their tissue instead of eating food
Name 3 things you can NOT do during blackout phase?
NO SWIMMING
NO WORKING OUT
NO MEETINGS
NO PHONE CALLS
True or False: Distraction is not a healthy coping skill.
False
How can recognizing your defense mechanisms help in recovery?
It promotes self-awareness and helps you address underlying issues.
This substance is the 3rd leading cause of lifestyle related death
Alcohol
What year did Christopher Columbus discover America?
Christopher Columbus, who was really just looking for India but found a whole new continent by mistake.
Name 10 staff members
Sean, Tiara, Leslie, Steven, Amy, Greg, Karen, Jenn, Ross, Roger Cheryl, Yaman, Raquel, Mayra, Kaitlyn, Kevin, Lucy
Name 5 coping skills
Meditation, mindfulness, exercise, therapy, calling a sober friend, and thinking of consequences are all examples of this
Name the defense mechanism where someone reverts to a childish behavior.
Regression
Most commonly used drug in the world.
(Bonus) this drug has been shown to be just as if not more addictive than cocaine and heroin.
Caffeine
Nicotine
What is the name of the phenomenon where a word or phrase looks like it’s spelled incorrectly even though it’s not?
What is “The ‘Word is Wrong’ Syndrome – it’s not actually a syndrome, just a spelling oddity”?
What is the lowest temperature for our AC, so that it does not freeze and break?
76.
The AC cannot be turned on lower than 76, when outside temperatures are higher than 98 degrees Fahrenheit.
What is the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique?
5 things you can see, 4 you can hear, 3 you can feel, 2 you can taste, 1 you can smell.
Define Distress Tolerance
The ability to recognize and accept intense emotions such as anger or frustration without feeling the need to react in an extreme or impulsive way.
This drug has been linked to paranoia, panic, anxiety, poor coordination, and and depression.
What is Marijuana
What quirky fact about penguins makes them unique among birds?
What is “They propose to their mates with a pebble – a low-tech engagement ring