Addiction & The Brain
Drugs chemically affect the way __________ normally send, receive, and process information
What are Neurons?
What planet is closest to the sun?
What is Mercury?
This is a responsible and organized group member who helps facilitate discussion and keeps the group on track.
What is a leader?
What fruit did Gwen Stefani mention in "Hollaback Girl".
What is a banana?
To Infinity and Beyond...
What is Toy Story?
This is a key part of your recovery process.
What is smart food choices.
In the A-B-C-D model, the “A” stands for what?
What is Activating Event?
"What's in Your Wallet?"
What is Capital One?
Drugs target the brains what?
What is reward system?
How many Great Lakes are there?
5
This person provides deep emotional understanding and connects with the feelings of others
What is an empathizer?
What two bodies of water did TLC tell us to stick to?
What are Lakes and Rivers
"Did we just become best friends?"
What is Finding Nemo?
These offer the greatest balance and nutritional bargain.
What are plant foods.
True or False: “Our thoughts can influence how angry we become.”
True
Where a Kid can be a Kid...
What is Chuck E Cheese?
This is the natural brain chemical increased when using substances.
What is Dopamine?
What force pulls objects toward the center of the Earth?
What is Gravity?
This person often takes on the responsibility of "saving" other members, often by offering unsolicited advice or trying to "fix" others' problems.
Who is the Savior?
Where did Billy Ray Cyrus say he was taking his horse?
What is the old town road?
"Bye Felicia".
What is Friday?
Where is the serving size of a food located?
What is on the nutrition label?
In the A-B-C-D model, what does the "B" stand for?
What is Beliefs?
"Betcha can't eat just one"
What is Lays?
Addiction over time changes what?
The way a person thinks, feels, and acts.
What is the process of a caterpillar turning into a butterfly called?
What is Metamorphosis?
This group member often dominates the conversation, making it difficult for others to participate or share.
What is the Monopolizer?
Why doesn't John from The Goo Goo Dolls want the world to see him?
Because he doesn't think that they'd understand.
"You're gonna need a bigger boat."
What is Jaws?
In general, eating health means following a plan that is... (there are several, name 5)
balanced, low fat, low in sugar, moderate in calories, low in salt, low in additives, low in cholesterol, high in fiber, and high in nutrients.
This is an alternative A-B-C-D Model. You simply tell yourself through a series of self-commands to stop thinking the thoughts that are making you angry.
What is Thought Stopping?
"Save Money. Live Better."
What is Walmart?
This brain structure acts as a "librarian," storing memories related to the addiction, such as people, places, and things associated with drug use.
What is the Hippocampus?
What is the plural form of the word "deer"?
Deer
Define the Negative Influencer.
Spreads negativity, discouragement, or undermines group progress by focusing on the hopelessness of the situation.
What won't Tupac deny?
That he's a straight Ridah.
“Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal!”
What is Home Alone?
Known as the building blocks of body tissue, these are essential for repairing muscles and immune function.
What is Protein?
This emotion often increases when people interpret situations negatively.
What is Anger?
"Think Different"
What is Apple?
**DAILY DOUBLE**
This part of the brain responsible for rational thought, decision-making, and impulse control is weakened by long-term addiction.
What is the PreFrontal Cortex?
**Daily Double**
What is 8x7?
56
Name 5 of the 8 positive roles in group therapy?
Leader, Supporter, Challenger, Empathizer, Mediator, Motivator, Problem Solver, Insight Giver.
Where did R. Kelly say the Remix to Ignition was?
Hot and Fresh out the kitchen.
**DAILY DOUBLE**
“Here’s looking at you, kid.”
What is Casablanca?
One reason you eat is the same reason you use mood altering substances, what is it?
To change the way you feel.
In the A-B-C-D Model, what does the "D" stand for?
What is Disputing?
"Let's Go Places"
What is Toyota?
This term describes the inability to feel pleasure from natural rewards, often experienced during early sobriety.
What is anhedonia?
What do you call a comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as"?
What is a simile?
How many negative roles in group therapy are there? Name 3.
There are 10- Monopolizer, disengaged member, Resistor, Victim (Martyr), Negative Influencer, Distractor, Savior, Aggressor, Passive Aggressive, and Caretaker/Over-Helper.
**DAILY DOUBLE**
In Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit," what does he say after "I feel stupid and contagious..."
"...Here we are now, entertain us".
"Did we just become best friends?"
What is Step Brothers?
How many calories does a typical fast food apple pie have?
What is 260 calories?
**DAILY DOUBLE**
Thinking “everything always goes wrong for me” is an example of this distorted thinking pattern.
What is overgeneralization?
**DAILY DOUBLE**
"Open Happiness"
What is Coca Cola?