Mental Health
This is a mental and physical reaction to perceived threats. In small doses, it can be helpful. It can protect us from danger and focus our attention on problems. However, when it is too severe, or occurs too frequently, it can be debilitating.
What is anxiety.
What is the most commonly abused substance across the nation?
What is marijuana and/or alcohol.
Facts: It has easier access, despite age limits, and is cheaper than more expensive habits.
You are only as sick as your ___.
What is secrets.
"You are only as sick as your secrets"
This singer has had a long struggle with addiction. In fact, his heavy alcohol and drug use led to him being fired from Black Sabbath in 1978, but the 'Crazy Train' singer quickly embarked on his successful solo career.
Who is Ozzy Osbourne.
I have holes in my top and bottom, my left and right, and in the middle, but I still hold water.
What is a sponge.
This is one of the tools your body uses to protect you from danger. When you feel threatened, this automatic response is triggered and several physiological changes occur.
What is fight-or-flight response.
Bonus points: Name the additional responses your body may react when sensing danger?
This substances pleasant sensations and elevation in both mood and cognition may encourage continued use. It takes effect within 10 seconds of being used and wears off in a matter of hours. It is considered one of the toughest substances to stop using without help.
What is nicotine.
Be a part of the solution, ___ ___ ___.
What is not the problem.
This actress and Wizard of Oz star struggled with addiction for much of her life and died of a barbiturate overdose at the age of 47.
Who was Judy Garland.
Give me food and I will live, give me water and I will die.
What is water.
What is the ability to adapt and recover from disappointment, difficulty, and crisis?
What is resilience.
Special attention is needed for detoxification from these two classes of drugs due to the effects potentially being fatal.
What are alcohol and benzodiazepines (Xanax, Klonopin, Ativan, etc.)
Progress, not ___!
What is perfection.
"Progress not perfection"
This Simple Life actress and Von Dutch promoter has struggled with numerous addictions, including heroin, cocaine, and marijuana, resulting in three arrests and five car accidents.
Who is Nicole Richie.
I am part of the bird that's not in the sky. I can swim in the ocean, yet remain dry.
What is a shadow.
What is a mark of shame or disapproval that results in an individual being shunned or rejected by others.
What is stigma.
This substance is marketed as a veterinary tranquilizer that produces sedative-like effects?
What is xylazine.
Fact: In 2021 & 2022, tranq was detected in >90% of dope samples in Philadelphia and is now being traced in the local areas methamphetamine supply.
It works if ___ ___ ___.
What is you work it.
"It works if you work it"
This actress and 'final girl' battled opioid addiction and alcohol use for many years after first being exposed to prescription opioids after a minor surgery. She has now been clean and sober for over two decades. Get off her back Mike!
Who is Jamie Lee Curtis.
I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest man can't hold me for much more than a minute.
What is breath.
What is the four D's of mental disorders.
What is Distress, Dysfunction, Danger, and Deviance.
The number of minutes it takes for your brain to react to alcohol.
What is 5-6 minutes.
A smooth ___ never made a good ___.
What is sea and sailor.
"A smooth sea never made a good sailor"
This actress made headlines in 1989 by announcing struggles with addiction and attending inpatient treatment for substance use and mental health concerns at the age of 13 after struggling since the age of 9 with alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine use.
Who is Drew Barrymore.
At night I come without being fetched and by day I am lost without being stolen.
What are dreams.