Substance Abuse
True or False: an individual's mental health status, genetic disposition, and frequency of use influence how quickly they become addicted to heroin.
True
Name three places that addiction/alcoholism can lead us to.
Jails, Institutions, and Death
This celebrity who is in recovery starred in multiple Disney Channel Shows.
Demi Lovato
This drug has been a controversial issue in the recovery community, due to its legalization in some states for medical purposes.
Marijuana
Name 5 Positive Coping Skills for relapse triggers.
Group facilitator will use their judgement on answers.
The leading cause of death for persons under the age of 50 in the United States.
overdose
Name the requirements to join Alcoholics Anonymous
The only requirement for AA Membership is the desire to stop drinking.
This celebrity addict starred in the TV show "Friends" and passed away from an overdose recently.
Matthew Perry
Type of drug that can prescribed for pain, and has been the cause of an epidemic in the US causing more than 100,000 deaths per year.
Acceptable Answers:
Opioids
OR
Any type of Opiate
IOP and PHP stand for _______ _________ ________ and ___________ ___________ ________.
Intensive Outpatient Treatment and Partial Hospitalization Program
______ is the use of FDA-approved medications, in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies to provide a “whole-patient” approach to the treatment of substance use disorders.
Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)
Name the famous saying "________, not perfection." (From the AA Big Book)
"Progress, not perfection."
This celebrity is an English actor who is in recovery from heroin and alcohol addiction. He is famous for movies like Get Him to the Greek and Forgetting Sarah Marshall. He is a huge advocate to the recovery community and has even written a book on addiction.
Russell Brand
Name at least 5 long-term effects of methamphetamine misuse.
1. Brain Damage
2. Tooth Decay
3. Skin lesions
4. Psychosis
5. Increased Heart Rate
6. Blood clots
7. Rapid aging
8. Weight Loss
What is a person that holds you accountable in your recovery and generally assists you in working the 12 steps of recovery, including an in-depth Step 4.
Sponsor
Name three signs of opioid overdose.
• Small and constricted “pinpoint pupils”
• Falling asleep or loss of consciousness
• Slow and shallow breathing
• Choking or gurgling sounds,
• Limp body,
• Pale, blue, or cold skin.
Finish this statement: Celebrate Recovery is a 12 Step meeting for anyone with a hurt, hangup, or habit. This program is based on the 12 steps from A.A., but Celebrate Recovery uses the 12 steps and their ________ comparisons.
This program is based on the 12 Steps from A.A., but Celebrate Recovery uses the 12 Steps and their biblical comparisons.
This celebrity gained fame from his older "Backstreet Boy" brother, and died from an overdose in a bathtub after suffering from years of addiction.
Aaron Carter
This drug causes the most deaths in America every year.
Nicotine/Tobacco
Name at least 10 positive coping skills to use if you are having a craving to use a drug or alcohol.
Name five things that will affect how many drinks it will take an individual to get intoxicated.
What is Step 12 from the AA Big Book?
Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
This celebrity started his recovery after his friend, who was an avid AIDs activist, passed away.
Sir Elton John
The coexistence of both a mental illness and substance use disorder is also known as a _____________ disorder, and is common among people in treatment.
Co-occurring
The founder of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Bill W.