True or False
Repeated use of some hallucinogens may lead to ongoing physical, psychological, or social problems. These may include difficulty with work, school, or relationships, problems with memory, attention, or concentration, anxiety or depression, ongoing mental health symptoms in some people, continued use despite negative consequences.
What is true?
(SAMHSA)
Nicotine patches, nasal spray, gum, and lozenge are medications that help with cravings for this substance.
What is tobacco?
(Cleveland Clinic)
Willpower is all one needs to beat addiction.
What is myth?
Prolonged substance use alters the way the brain works. The brain sends signals of powerful and intense cravings, which are accompanied by a compulsion to use. These brain changes make it extremely difficult to quit and often a treatment program is required. (Indian Health Services)
People, Places, Things offer different ways to ______ when dealing with urges,
What is cope?
___ m people in the United States had a SUD in 2021. (30-50m to one decimal place)
What is 46.3m?
- 6.3% received SUD treatment
Research shows that a combination of medication and therapy can successfully treat SUDs, and for some medications can help sustain recovery.
What is true?
(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
Naltrexone, acamprosate and disulfiram are medications that help with cravings from this substance.
What is alcohol?
(Cleveland Clinic)
Those with substance use disorders (SUD) don't have to hit "rock bottom" before they can get help.
What is fact?
(Indian Health Service)
A desire or dream you try to achieve in a certain amount of time, no matter the costs.
What are Goals?
Alcohol _____ and _____ brain cells.
(Hint: Starts with D and K)
What are damages and kills?
Some functions of lost brain cells can be restored by existing nerve cells branching out to compensate for the lost cells — a process called neuroplasticity.
Substance use disorders are chronic illnesses, and as with many other chronic illnesses relapse or return to drug use after a period of abstinence, is often part of the treatment and recovery process.
What is true?
(NIH: National Institute on Drug Abuse)
Methadone, buprenorphine and naltrexone are medications that help with cravings from this substance.
What are opioids?
(Cleveland Clinic)
People who have substance use disorders often have other mental disorders.
What is fact?
Common risk factors related to a person’s genes, individual characteristics, social and family environment, and other life circumstances can contribute to both substance use and other mental disorders. (NIH: National Institute on Drug Abuse)
Some high-risk situations to avoid are to not let yourself get too hungry, angry, lonely or tired. What can help you remember these circumstances?
What is H.A.L.T.?
Hungry, Angry, Lonley, Tired
Building ________ after addiction means using the brain's ability to reorganize itself to heal damaged reward and impulse-control circuits.
What is neuroplasticity?
Addiction is a learned rewiring of the brain caused by substance exposure; recovery relies on consistent, positive behaviors to build healthy new neural pathways.
Substance use disorders are chronic, treatable disorders that affect a person’s brain and behaviors, that people cannot recover from.
What is false?
Substance use disorders are chronic, treatable disorders that affect a person’s brain and behaviors, but from which people can recover. (NIH: National Institute on Drug Abuse)
__________ health care is a place with individuals go where there are trained providers who help individuals with both MH and SA concerns.
What is behavioral?
For the brain, the difference between normal rewards and drug rewards can be likened to the difference between someone whispering into your ear and someone shouting into a microphone.
What is fact?
(NIH: National Institute on Drug Abuse)
Our brain learns by ______ and ______ reward.
Hint 1: both start with r.
Hint 2: B.F. Skinner's Operational Conditioning
Hint 3: How is a habit formed?
What is reputation and reward?
Candy, Downers, Sleeping pills, tranks are all street terms for ________. (Xanax, Benzodiazepines, Barbiturates)
What is Benzodiazepines?
Alcohol consumption is the third highest preventable cause of cancer in the United States.
What is true?
(NIH: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
Treatment at a program site while a patient lives on their own.
What is outpatient treatment?
One characteristic feature of SUD is distorted behavioral economics: the person who has an SUD puts a higher value on the substance than on other things normally regarded as valuable, like relationships, jobs, education, or life goals.
What is Fact?
In severe cases, the substance becomes the only thing valued. An important task of recovery is reconfiguring one's behavioral to devalue the substance and shift priorities to self-care, better relationships, and meaningful participation in society.
Things you use to help to cope with a negative situation.
What is anything that helps you?
In 2025, among adults 18 or older, ___ m considered themselves to be in recovery or to have recovered for substance use and mental health problem. (Hint: 20-70)
What is 66m?
22.3m (Substance Use) and 44.1m (Mental Health) considered themselves to be in recovery or to have recovered from their problem.
(SAMSA gov)