Alcoholics Anonymous History
Alcoholics Anonymous is famous for being the first self-help group to introduce a program with *this* many steps.
What is 12 Steps?
A desired end result that requires completing specific and attainable tasks to reach.
What is a goal?
Often those closest to a substance abuser also suffer from the negative affects of addiction. These five groups are statistically impacted the most.
What are the self, the family, the friends, the work environment, and the community?
This term refers to gradually needing larger amounts of a substance to maintain the same effects.
What is tolerance?
True or False: The Bayer Company invented a substance named Heroin in the 1800's to combat Morphine addiction.
What is True?
Alcoholics Anonymous lists this principle as its "Spiritual Foundation".
What is Anonymity?
These three common forms of *triggers* should be avoided by those in recovery.
What are People, Places, and Things?
These are the most common medical consequences of long-term alcoholism.
This percentage of American adults have a diagnosed drug-use disorder.
What is 10%?
This is often considered the safest way to take a substance.
This is often considered the most dangerous way to take a substance.
What is eating?
What is injecting?
Alcoholics Anonymous was founded by these two men.
Who are Dr. Bob and Bill W.?
These are five skills/resources that you can utilize to fight urges and triggers.
What are sponsors, self-help meetings, hobbies, support networks, coping mechanisms, critical thinking, etc.
These are the most common side-effects of opiate use.
What are respiratory failure, vomiting, drowsiness/unconsciousness, and fatal withdrawals?
These two substances account for the majority of deaths in the Western world.
What are alcohol and tobacco?
Cocaine belongs to this family of narcotics.
What are stimulants?
Alcoholics Anonymous was founded during this year.
The human brain learns primarily through these two methods. (Hint: They both begin with the same letter!)
What are Repetition and Reward?
A first-time conviction for Distribution of Schedule I/II is considered a Class 5 Felony by the Commonwealth and carries a max sentence of this many years.
What is 40 years?
These four symptoms are often associated with alcohol/narcotic overdose.
What are cold clammy skin, unconsciousness, puking, slowed breathing?
Ketamine, while often taken as a narcotic, was originally designed for this purpose.
Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in this Midwestern city.
Where is Akron, Ohio?
These high-risk situations/mental states can often lead to impaired judgement and decision making. Often they are abbreviated as: H.A.L.T.
What are Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired?
Every day, this many people die in alcohol-impaired driving accidents.
What is 32 people?
Often confused for one another, this is the key difference between opioids and opiates.
What is synthetic vs. natural?
Stimulants often overload the brain with this specific chemical, causing the brain to stop producing it on its own. When the stimulant wears off, the brain is left in desperate need of its own supply.
What is dopamine?