This holiday has the highest number of drunk driving accidents.
Thanksgiving.
In the 1970s, marijuana had 1-4% THC on average. These levels are higher today and cause more significant negative side effects. What is today's average?
17%
"Came to believe a power greater then ourselves could restore us to sanity"
Step 2
This type of drug is the #1 killer of drug users
Prescription medications
These are people, places, things, and even events that may cause cravings
Triggers
What percentage of fatal auto accidents are alcohol related. (5 point range)
29%
Marijuana can be life-threatening to people with ________ disease. This can go undetected until there is a severe medical problem.
Heart Disease
This was started in Akron, Ohio in 1935 with a chance meeting between two alcoholics, one a stockbroker and one a doctor
AA
After the high is gone, this class of drug can cause severe depression, anxiety, and "flashbacks" (sudden reoccurrence of the high without warning or ingestion)
Hallucinogens
______ means feeling bad about what you have done
Guilt
This "cure" will NOT restore senses that are affected by alcohol, such as vision or reflexes. However, it is offered more than any other fix as a quick way to sober up.
Coffee
Just 5 marijuana joints have the same negative effect on the lungs equal to more than what number of cigarettes
100
The twelfth tradition asks members to place this before personalities
Principles
Using this type of substance can cause permanent damage to the brain, liver, and kidneys. It has even been linked to cancer because it can damage your body's ability to produce healthy bone marrow.
Inhalants
Addiction is progessive, ______, and can be fatal
Chronic
This state has the highest rate of fatal drinking and driving accidents, possibly due to weather hazards paired with affected driving ability
Montana
Just after one use, marijuana chemicals can be detected in the brain for this long and can cause delayed responses and reflexes.
6 weeks
This person is a guide, a mentor, and a fellow recovering addict/alcoholic who volunteers their time to help a newcomer in the 12-step program
A sponser
This substance is known to cause malnutrition, mouth cancer, and birth defects
Alcohol
HALT stands for
Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired
The chances of being in a drunk driving accident increased by what percentage once you have consumed 6 alcoholic beverages. (10 point range)
44%
Long term marijuana use has been linked to this difficult to treat mental illness diagnosis
Schizophrenia
12-step meetings do not make any money. How do they afford to run?
Donations from members
This drug causes severe depression when coming down, increases impulsivity during the high, and anhedonia upon withdrawal that may last 2-3 years or more
Methamphetamine
This is the process by which the addicted brain gives the person excuses that allow them to edge closer and closer to relapse until it happens
Justification