Fun Random Facts...
THE STAGES OF CHANGE
Belief, Thought, Feeling or Action
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MISC.
100

All Pandas in the world are on loan from where?

China

100

After making changes, many individuals will eventually return to their previous problem behaviors. It can take several passes through the stages to permanently end a behavior.

What is Relapse

100

"I'm a bad person"

Belief

100

True or False: If you have been diagnosed with a substance use disorder, it is because you have met criteria based on the symptoms that you present to your counselor.

What is True

100

What does the acronym HALT stand for?

Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired

200

How many different scents can your nose remember?

10,000- 50,000 

200
The costs of the problem behavior are not yet recognized. The individual is in denial and is not seriously considering changing their behavior. They may have made previous attempts to change, but have since given up.
What is Precontemplation.
200

Stop trying.

Action

200

Biological factors or environmental factors: Where people live and work or go to school and nutrition and health while growing up.

What is Environmental

200

Which is not a symptom of a substance use disorder: Taking a substance in larger amounts than was intended; cravings; using a substance before noon; recurring substance use resulting in a failure to fulfill major role obligations at work/ school or home.  

Using a substance before noon.

300

After working out, it takes how long for your body temperature to return to normal?

5 hours

300
________ is taken to end the previous problem behavior. The individual may be avoiding previous triggers, reaching out for help, or taking other steps to avoid temptation.
What is action.
300

Hopeless

Feeling

300

What is the leading cause of preventable disease, disability and death in the United States?

What is Tobacco use

300

Which of the following is a symptom of a substance use disorder: Using a substance alone; Recurrent use in situations in which it is physically hazardous; Using a substance more than once per day; using a substance before age 21.

Recurrent use in situations in which it is physically hazardous.

400

Hanako, the longest living Koi fish, lived to be how old?

226 years (correct answer 220-230 years)

400
During this stage there is ambivalence about change. The individual recognizes reasons to change their behavior, but still has hesitations. The problem behavior continues.
What is Contemplation
400

People don't like me because I'm a bad person.

Thought

400

_____________ relationships are a type of dysfunctional helping relationship where one person supports or enables another person's addiction, poor mental health, immaturity, irresponsibility or under achievement.

What is Codependent

400

Drug addiction and abuse costs the American taxpayers an average of $_________ each year. This number includes lost job wages, healthcare costs, crime, traffic accidents and associated costs of the criminal justice system.

$484 billion (Correct answer given for $400-$500 billion)

500

__________ is the only number whose letters are in alphabetical order.

Forty

500
The individual has decided to make a change and beings to consider how to do so. Minor adjustments in behavior may be made during this stage.
What is Preparation
500

If I let people in then they will hurt me.

Belief

500

_______ of __________ is a psychological concept that refers to how strongly people believe they have control over the situations and experiences that affect their lives.

What is Locus of Control

500

What drug commonly comes with these side effects: memory loss, learning issues, clumsiness, altered reality perceptions and increased heart rate.

Marijuana. Though marijuana has garnered a reputation as a medicinal cure-all, the drug offers its fair share of side effects, including memory loss, learning issues, clumsiness, altered reality perceptions and increased heart rate. The THC found in marijuana works to inhibit brain function and can result in long-lasting effects even after a user has quit smoking.

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