Drug Facts
Stages of Change
Recovery Terms
12 Step
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100

This drug causes the greatest number of deaths in America.

What is tobacco?

100

People in this stage may wish to change, but for the immediate future have no plans to do so.

Precontemplation

100

A return to a state of illness after a period of being healthy, “disease-free,” without symptoms, or in a state of remission.

Relapse

100

We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.

Step 1

100

What is naloxone (NARCAN)?

Naloxone is a drug used to reverse the effects of opioid overdose. It is not harmful.  It is administered by needle or nasal spray.

200

The two categories of drug that can cause death due to withdrawal.

What are alcohol and benzodiazepines.

200

People in this stage are getting ready to take action. They are more decisive, confident and committed; they’re developing a plan and may have already taken small steps.

Preparation

200

Physical and emotional side effects of discontinuing a substance

Withdrawal

200

Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.

Step 8

200

Name 3 signs of an opioid overdose.  

  • Slow, shallow, irregular or absent breathing (less than 1 breath every 5 seconds). 

  • Unresponsive – can’t be woken up. 

  • Unusual snoring, gurgling sounds, or choking 

  • Blue lips or nails, pale cold or clammy skin 

  • Tiny pupils.  

300

What type of drug increases heart rate and alertness? 

A. Depressants 

B. Stimulants 

C. Hallucinogens 

B. Stimulants

300

Individuals in this stage have stabilized in action stage.  

Maintenance

300

Refraining from further drug use.

Abstinence

300

Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

Step 2

300

What should you do after the administration of Naloxone?

Call 911 if you haven’t already. Stay with the overdosing individual. Naloxone acts fast but wears off after 20-90 minutes. Naloxone does not destroy the drug so the overdose may return. Give another dose of Naloxone if the person still presents signs of opioid overdose.  

400

This drug can increase depression, anxiety and paranoia and might cause psychosis

Cannabis

400

People in this stage are thinking about taking action, but aren’t quite ready or don’t know how to get started.

Contemplation

400

When the body adjusts to a drug and needs more to produce the desired effects.  

Tolerance

400

Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.

Step 10

400

What is MAT?

Medication Assisted Treatment

500

True or False. It is only beneficially to quit smoking while you're in your 20s. Once you're older the damage is done so it doesn't matter.

False! Quitting smoking improves health at any age. In fact, the life expectancy of individuals 35-44 after quitting increases by 9 years and for individuals 45-54 it increases by 6 years

500

Beyond just thinking about it or preparing to act, a person in this phase has actually begun doing something (or a lot of things) differently, and may be experimenting with expanding his or her efforts.

Action

500

The acronym H.AL.T stands for

Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired

500

Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

Step 4

500

Treatment Options

medication, behavioral therapy, groups, rehab, inpatient/outpatient, recreational, occupational, and medical are examples of this:

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