Actual and Factual
Tried-and-True
Coping Skills
Cliche' Touche'
Name Your Poison
Addiction Non-Fiction
What is this?
100

This holiday has the highest number of alcohol-related accidents. 

What is Thanksgiving. 

100

This person is a volunteer sober-support that leads you through the steps of recovery. 

What is a sponsor. 

100

Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness. 

What are DBT skills. 


100

O.D.A.A.T

What is one day at a time. 

100

The use of this substance can cause blackouts, liver damage, and "wet brain." 

What is alcohol. 

100

A strong desire; a compulsion; an urge. 

What is a craving. 

100

What state-of-mind/substance causes this behavior? 

What is stimulant-induced psychosis (meth, etc)

Will also take paranoia....

200

This drug is commonly involved in most overdose deaths. 

What is fentanyl. 

200

Intentional focus on this ------- principle is scientifically proven to create feelings of happiness and wellbeing, and people who make "this list" everyday are more happy long-term than people who win the lottery. 

What is a gratitude list.

200

This DBT skill involves accepting what is without judgment - accepting what is does not mean you have to like it or agree with it. 

What is radical acceptance. 

200

H.A.L.T.

What is hungry, angry, lonely, tired. 

200

This is administered to stop an opiate overdose. 

What is Narcan or Naloxone. 

200

This is a physical symptom of addiction that causes the individual to use more and more of the substance to feel the same effects as when they used less of the substance. 

What is tolerance. 

200

Alcohol causes these when a large amount of alcohol is consumed in a short amount of time. 

What is a blackout or nodding/nod. 

300

This is the most addictive substance __________; and this substance is the substance that will get an individual addicted the fastest. 

Hint: the answer will surprise you, and neither substances are illegal. 

What is sugar; what is nicotine. 

300

This inward-focused activity is not just for Buddhist monks and woo-woo types who like to chant "om." 

What is meditation. 

300

When emotional, this DBT skills suggests you STOP and to not follow the urge of the emotion; instead, choose this skill. 

What is Opposite Action. 

300

Act as-if, until you stasrt doing it automatically. 

What is "fake it till you make it." 

300

This elicit substance is made from the liquid of a specific flower. 


What is heroin. 

300

The presence of this substance is involved in more suicides than any other substance, elicit or legal. 

What is alcohol. 

300

What is DUI, DWI, road test, sobriety test/check. 

400

Marijuana can be life-threatening to a person with any form of this disease. 

What is heart disease. 

400

You might commit to "this" many meetings in "this" many days to hold yourself accountable and become disciplined in your sobriety. 

What is 90-in-90. 

400

T.I.P.P 

What is temperature, intense exercise, paired muscle relaxation, and paced breathing. 

400

You don't have to get it right every time, you do have to keep moving forward. 

What is Progress, not perfection. 

400

In 1970's, the THC content of marijuana was around 1% to 4%. What percentage of THC content is average for marijunana today? 

Note: will accept a 5 percentage point range was an answer. 

What is 17%. 

400

The high or drunk you feel is not actually the drug itself; it is the forced release of this chemical (neurotransmitter) in your brain. 

What is dopamine. 

400

This shows damage to which organ? 

What is the lung (black lung). 

A 2008 study found that the risk of lung cancer increased 8% for each joint-year of cannabis smoking. Marijuana smoking is more likely to cause lung cancer than cigarette smoking. 

500

This psychoactive mood-altering substance is the most widely used world-wide. 

What is caffeine. 

500

This broad category of skills help you manage your emotions, reduce emotion dysregulation, increase your distress tolerance, reduce relapse risk, and help you work with difficult thoughts and feeling overall. 

Hint: you learn these here at HRC 


What are coping skills. 

500

This DBT skill is the product of blending the rational mind and emotional self. 

What is wise mind. 

500

This 12-step cliche helps us cope by knowing that all things change and nothing stays the same way forever. 

Hint: it is the opposite of Gandolf's famous "You shall not pass!" 

What is "This too shall pass." 

500

This elicit substance is still used in the medical profession as a localized, external anesthetic. 

What is cocaine. 

500

This is the percentage of substance addicted adults that actually seek clinical treatment. 

A. 0-20%

B. 20% to 50%

C. 50% to 75%

What is A. 

It's about 10%. 

500

What organ and condition is does this picture show? (think consequences of alcoholism). 

What is cirrhosis, fatty liver, or damaged liver. 

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