Alcohol
Bill Nye the Science Guy
Approaches to Recovery
Relationships
Goofy Silly Fun Time
100
Which country has the OLDEST verifiable brewery?
a. United States
b. Ireland
c. Italy
d. Israel
d. Israel
The oldest verifiable brewery has been found in a prehistoric burial site in a cave near Haifa in modern-day Israel. Researchers have found residue of 13,000-year-old beer that they think might have been used for ritual feasts to honor the dead. The traces of a wheat-and-barley-based alcohol were found in stone mortars carved into the cave floor.[9]
100
The rates of heart disease, stroke, HIV, Hepatitis, and mental disorders move in this direction when addiction is present.
Go up, increase, or get worse
100
This is the practice of regularly taking time to focus on your own physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being
Self-care
100
This term refers to the healthy ability to understand the thoughts, feelings, and experiences of another
Empathy
100
What is your current group clinician's favorite drink?
Diet Coke
200
True or False
There are health benefits to drinking alcohol
FALSE
“It turns out that you can't observe any beneficial effect of any amount of alcohol,” said Steven Weinman, MD, PhD, a gastroenterologist at The University of Kansas Health System. “Current evidence that has looked more carefully and tried to control for things like socioeconomic status and others cannot find a benefit.”
In fact, the more you drink – even in moderate amounts – the more you risk mental and physical effects of alcohol. Heavy drinking is defined, by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, as more than 4 drinks a day or more than 14 drinks a week for a man under 65. For all women, and men over 65, heavy drinking is more than 3 drinks per day or 7 drinks per week.
“This just defines that anything above it could potentially lead you to start having complications or medical and psychological problems related to alcohol,” said Roopa Sethi, MD, an addiction psychiatrist at the health system. While there’s a risk with drinking even 1 drink, the risks accelerate rapidly once you go above these levels.
200
Whatever the substance is, once addiction to that substance occurs for long enough this important organ drastically changes the way it functions
The Brain
200
Some people in recovery need help with past difficult life events, distressing experiences, and memories often referred to as a history of _______
Trauma
200
To maintain healthy relationships, we should identify and communicate these physical, psychological, and emotional limits to protect ourselves from being used, manipulated, or violated by others. -
Boundaries
For an extra 200 points, show us how you would verbalize a boundary with someone who is bringing alcohol in your home?
200
Name this Pokemon
Charmander
300
True or False
The rate of liver disease is increasing - and more young people are affected.
TRUE
According to the 2021 National Survey of Drug Use and Health, 29.5 million people ages 12 and older had alcohol use disorder in the past year. What’s more, the rate of death from alcohol-associated liver disease had a sharp increase in 2020.
Further, many of the patients suffering and dying from liver disease are younger than they were previously.
“This has been going on probably for about the past 8 to 10 years, that the average age of people suffering from alcohol-related liver disease has been falling,” said Dr. Weinman. “A lot of it has to do with the culture among young people in terms of college-age party culture. It is much more alcohol intense than it was a generation ago.”
300
This neurotransmitter is closely linked to the mind's reward system and is commonly associated with pleasure and reinforcement
Dopamine
300
This evidence-based approach to maintaining recovery from addiction involves identifying triggers and warning signs and then developing specific coping strategies to avoid a return to negative behaviors
Relapse Prevention
300
This two-word term describes when you carefully hear and focus on what another person is saying and then repeat back what you heard to confirm that you understood them
Active Listening
300
This song covered by Royel Otis was popular on tik tok in spring 2024.
*Play song*
Linger by the Cranberries
400
True or False
Alcohol only damages your liver
FALSE
We often think of the liver being the only part of our body affected by alcohol. But doctors say it immediately changes your cognition and brain function. It also causes digestive issues. Over time, with lots of alcohol use, patients can develop seizures, alcoholic hepatitis and pneumonia. You’re even more at risk for certain cancers.
“Notoriously it causes cancers of the head and neck, the mouth, the tonsils, the oral cavity. But it also causes pancreatic cancer. It accelerates the risk for breast cancer, for colon cancer and for liver cancer as well,” said Dr. Weinman.
400
These hormones often referred to as the "feel-good" hormones, are released during activities that promote well-being, like exercise, laughter, creative expression, and socialization
Endorphins
400
This skills-based form of treatment used in substance use and mental health recovery focuses on identifying and changing thinking patterns to help change feelings and negative behaviors (Hint: also known as talk therapy?)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
400
This refers to a close and profound emotional, psychological, and physical connection between individuals. that involves a deep level of trust, respect, vulnerability, and mutual understanding
Intimacy
400
What is the slang term *rizz* short for?
charisma or attractiveness
500
**Double Jeopardy**
How many people die from excessive drinking each year?
If you are within 20,000 of the actual answer I will award the points.
About 178,000 people die from excessive drinking each year.
For reference the fentanyl epidemic in 2022 post COVID saw 107,941 deaths and it was making headlines in the news every week.
500
** Double Jeopardy**
This highly advanced and complex area of the human brain is associated with decision-making and impulse control, and is strongly impacted by addiction and intoxication
Extra 100 points to whomever can tell me what age this part of the brain is fully formed.
Pre-Frontal Cortex
25- Years Old
500
** Double Jeopardy**
This approach to addiction recovery focuses on minimizing the negative consequences associated with active substance use by providing tools, strategies, resources, and supports to reduce the risks and dangers associated with that use.
Harm Reduction
500
**Double Jeopardy**
Name 3 indicators of a healthy relationship.
Based upon clinician approval
500
**Double Jeopardy**
Name all 5 members of NSYNC
From Left to Right
Lance Bass
Justin Timberlake
Chris Kirkpatrick
JC Chasez
Joey Fatone