12 Steps & AA
What is the name of the chapter that contains a list of the 12 steps?
How it works
What percentage of adults with diagnosable mental illnesses receive treatment?
44%
In the past 20 years, overdose deaths attributed to which substance have tripled?
Prescription Pain Medication
In ___________ we celebrate national Recovery Month?
September
What happens when the body becomes used to a drug and needs larger and larger amounts to produce the same effects?
Tolerance
How many chapters are in the Big Book?
Eleven
What do you call false thoughts and beliefs that are not based on reality?
Delusion
What is a drug?
A drug is any substance that affects the way you think, act, and/or feel
Common cause of relapse?
Resentment
Most common addiction in the US
Alcohol
How many members did A.A. have when the Big Book was written?
More than 100
What condition is marked by unstable moods and self-image?
Borderline personality disorder
How many times more likely are men to be addicted to alcohol compared to women?
Twice as likely
What symptom occurs when the body becomes so used to a substance that stopping causes physical or emotional distress?
Withdrawal
True of False: Addiction is both a brain disease and a behavioral disorder.
True
Who’s opinion is given in the beginning of the Big Book?
The Doctor
What are repetitive, harmful impulses called?
Impulse control disorder
This term actually means to induce sleep, but the public often interprets it, wrongly, to mean any legal drug sometimes used illegally.
Narcotic
________________ is the chemical in our brains that plays a major role in substance abuse and addiction
Dopamine
Binge drinking accounts for what percentage of the total cost of alcohol misuse?
75%
What are the Three Legacies?
Recovery, Unity, & Service
What mood disorder is associated with mania and depression?
Bipolar disorder
A substance invented by the Bayer Company in Germany in the late 1800's and thought to be a cure for morphine addiction.
Aspirin
The use of FDA-approved medications, in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies to provide a “whole-patient” approach to the treatment of substance use disorders.
MAT
A powerful desire for something that usually passes
Craving