Action
You are now doing the work in Recovery; you have started going to meetings, meditating, developing a recovery support system, etc.
The law that was enforced from 1920 - 1933, banning the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States.
What is Prohibition?

The main active ingredient in alcohol.
What is Ethanol?
Ethanol is the main component of most alcoholic beverages, resulting from the fermentation of carbohydrates with yeast.
This TV drama follows a meek high school chemistry teacher in New Mexico who transforms into a ruthless player in the local methamphetamine drug trade, driven by a desire to financially provide for his family after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.
What is Breaking Bad?

This is the number of letters in the English alphabet.
What is 26?
Pre-Contemplation
You have no interest in Recovery; other people might think you need to get clean and sober, but you sure don't.
This Marijuana plant can be used for a variety of products, including cloth, cosmetics, rope, printer's ink, wood preservative, detergents, soaps, and lighting oil.
What is Hemp?

This recovery program and fellowship is a non-spiritual, science based approach that utilizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
What is SMART Recovery?

George Jung (Johnny Depp), a high-school football star single handedly became the world's premiere importer of cocaine from Colombia's Medellin cartel in the 1970's in this feature film.
What is Blow?
He stated that "We have nothing to fear but fear itself."
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
President Roosevelt said this in his 1933 inaugural address, when the Great Depression was at its worst.

Maintenance
Now that you have taken action, you are practicing consistency in order to STAY sober.
Explain how the Covid Pandemic has made the drug epidemic worse.
Health-care resources were stretched and redirected toward the Covid pandemic; anti-addiction medication was more difficult to obtain; stress increased dramatically; users were more isolated, creating less accountability, and leading to more excessive drinking and increased overdoses; because other people were not nearby to summon first responders or administer the opioid antidote naloxone, more people overdosed.
One version you take as a pill, the other is administered with an injection... both are used as an anti-craving medication for opiates and alcohol. Name both.
What is Naltrexone and what is Vivitrol?
Nicolas Cage won an Oscar for his tragic role as a Screenwriter, who drinks himself to death in Sin City in this very dark feature film.
What is Leaving Las Vegas?

He was the 2nd US President.
Who was John Adams?
John Adams, a remarkable political philosopher, served as the second President of the United States (1797-1801), after serving as the first Vice President under President George Washington.
Preparation
You have now decided to get sober and are researching various ways to do that.
This is what Cacao is manufactured into.
What is Chocolate?
The Theobroma Cacao tree thrives in tropical rainforests in Central and South America. On the other hand, the Coca plant, which is manufactured into Cocaine, grows almost exclusively in Northern and Western South America.
Group Facilitator Eric R was born and raised in this city.
What is Philadelphia?

Like father like son. Both starred in Oscar winning war films and both have battled addiction.
Who are Martin and Charlie Sheen?
This is the name of the British National Anthem.
What is "God Save The Queen"?

Contemplation
You are starting to consider the possibility that maybe you DO have a problem with drugs or alcohol.
This is the most widely used psychoactive drug in the world.
What is Caffeine?
The stimulant Caffeine is the most widely used psychoactive substance in the world. In Western society, at least 80 per cent of the adult population consumes caffeine in amounts large enough to have an effect on the brain.
FYI: A psychoactive drug is a chemical substance that changes nervous system function and results in alterations in perception, mood, consciousness, cognition, or behavior.
Write the actual name for THC on the whiteboard. IT MUST BE SPELLED CORRECTLY!
What is Tetrahydrocannabinol?
Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is the psychoactive substance that produces the “high” associated with smoking marijuana.
A genius, pill-popping doctor solves medical mysteries in this award winning TV drama.
What is House?

He is considered "The Godfather of Soul".
Who was James Brown?
James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, record producer, bandleader and one of the originators of Funk music.
