In the United States, which drug is most often abused
What is alcohol?
About six Americans die from alcohol poisoning every day.
What are the 5 tools of recovery?
What is Higher Power, Meetings, Sponsor, Fellowship, Literature.
Narcotics Anonymous follows what type of format?
What is 12 Step?
What manufactured substance is most often laced with other substances?
Ecstasy. For example, ecstasy is often mixed with a variety of substances such as LSD, cocaine, amphetamine, meth, heroin, rat poison, caffeine, dog deworming substances and more.
Every day, how many Americans die from opiate overdose?
100, 175, 2000, 130
What is 130.
What is one example of a self-help group?
Smart Recovery, Refuge Recovery, NA, AA, DRA
What is the shortened version of the first 3 steps?
I can't, He can, I'll let Him.
What is the second step of NA?
What is: We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Drugs of abuse create intense feelings because they --
Drugs of abuse cause the brain’s limbic system to release dopamine, the pleasure senser.
A neurotransmitter that is released in the brain that gives you pleasure or a good feeling when a drug is used.
What is dopamine.
The use of this substance can often cause small strokes...
The use of cocaine can cause strokes so small they often go unnoticed, but result in brain tissue death, and the gradual accumulation of neurologic deficits nonetheless.
Who developed the Choice Theory, practiced by Cove Forge?
Who is William Glasser?
How many weekly meetings of NA are there in the United States?
63,000
It can take your brain up to three weeks to recover to full function after using this substance only one time.
What is marijuana.
Out of 21 million Americans with an addiction issue, what percentage receive treatment?
What is 10%
What drug is a short-acting general anaesthetic for human and veterinary use?
Ketamine
What are the 5 Basic Needs?
What are Survival, Freedom, Fun, Love & Belonging, Power.
Narcotics Anonymous information pamphlets found at outside NA meetings are called...
IEP's
Which of the following drugs is NOT an amphetamine?
Crank, Ice, Meth, Smack
Smack
What percentage of Americans who try heroin will become addicted?
What is 25%
A. 7 billion
B. 40 billion
C. 11 billion
D. 140 billion
C. 11 Billion
What constitutes a successful completion at Cove Forge?
What is: group attendance, engagement, treatment work completion, and length of stay.
Narcotics Anonymous was founded in what year?
1953
____________ is a drug that can reverse the effects of an opiate overdose
Naloxone
In 2019, how many Americans suffered a fatal meth overdose?
What is 10,000.