Recovery Sayings
Celebrity Addictions
On the Street
Recovery Knowledge 1
Recovery Knowledge 2
100

If you do what you always do, you'll get what you ____  ____

What is "Always Got"?

100

Which artist has albums named "Relapse" and "Recovery"?

Who is Eminem?

100

Pot, reefer, Mary Jane, weed, grass, etc.

What is marijuana?

100

An orchestrated attempt by one or many people – usually family and friends – to get someone to seek professional help with an addiction or some kind of traumatic event or crisis, or other serious problem.

What is an intervention?

100

A behavioral syndrome characterized by the repeated, compulsive seeking or use of a substance despite adverse social, psychological, and/or physical consequences, and a need for an increased amount of the substance, as time goes on, to achieve the same effect

What is addiction?

200

Cultivate an attitude of ____

What is "Gratitude"?

200

This female musician was asked to go to rehab and she declined. Thereafter, she died of a drug overdose.

Who is Amy Winehouse?

200

Ice, speed

What is methamphetamine?

200

A form of treatment where the patient lives in a recovery facility

What is Inpatient treatment

200

Many addicts have busy minds. Their thought processes spin out of control with negative thoughts, especially during times of stress. Meditation is one method used in the recovery process to quiet the mind, providing the addict’s mind and body with some peace.

What is the role of meditation in the recovery process?

300

Progress not _____.

What is "Perfection"?

300

This famous diva uttered the now famous phrase, "Crack is Wack"

Who is Whitney Houston?

300

Candy, crack, powder

What is cocaine?

300

A point in the treatment process where the user rids themselves of the drugs left in their body

What is detox?

300

Deeply held beliefs that influence how we interpret our experiences.

What are core beliefs?

400

It works if you ___ ___.

What is "Work It"?

400

This male musician died of an overdose and was married to another punk singer.

Who is Kurt Cobain?

400

Fairy dust

What is heroin?

400

A group of people in which the user may meet with frequently in a therapeutic session that share similar issues that help each other through the recovery process

What is a support group?

400

A person, place, thing or event that can result in psychological and then physical relapse.

What is a trigger?

500

We are only as sick as our ____.

What are "Secrets"?

500

The lead singer of this band wrote a book named "Scar Tissue" which highlighted his use of drugs and alcohol and subsequent recovery.

Who are Red Hot Chili Peppers?

500

Fetty, Dragon's Breath, TNT, Jackpot, etc.

What is Fentanyl?

500

Normal neurobiological event characterized by the need to increase the dose over time to obtain the original effect. (In other words, higher doses are needed to produce the same "high".)

What is tolerance?

500

Addiction alters the brain’s neurological functions. Once the substances or activities that lead to addiction have ceased, the addict still faces the possibility of cravings. These cravings, or neurological messages, are stimulated by triggers. According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, triggers are intense, urgent, or abnormal desires. Relapse prevention teaches the addict how to negotiate these cravings in life-affirming ways.

What is the role of meditation in the recovery process?

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