Stages of Change
Relapse
Substance Use
Mental Health
Random
100

True or False: In the maintenance stage of change a person is stable and consistent within their recovery.

True

100

A powerful desire for something that usually passes

Craving

100

Refusing to admit the truth about addiction and its consequences to ourselves.

Denial


100

Feelings of worry, uneasiness, or dread

Anxiety

100

What is the most abused drug?

Alcohol


200

Which stage of change occurs when a person has committed to making changes, but still needs to identify what they need to do in order to change? 

A) Determination

B)Contemplation

C)Action 

A)Determination

200

Withdrawal symptoms 

•Irritability, anger, or aggression

•Nervousness, restlessness, or anxiety

•Sleep difficulty

•Decreased appetite or weight loss

•Depressed mood

200

More and more of the same substance is needed to prevent withdrawal symptoms


Substance Tolerance 

200

Feelings of extreme sadness, shame, guilt and/or despair

Depression

200

What three factors affect your blood alcohol level?

What is Time, Weight, and Gender?

300
What should a person focus on if they are in the action stage of change?

Learning new coping skills, coming to groups, ect. 

300

This substance has the highest rate of death

Fentanyl

300

Drugs that tend to slow the central nervous system

Depressants 

300

This is a stress disorder the can occur after a traumatic event.

PTSD
300

_____ is the fastest addicting drug

Nicotine

400

What is the pre-contemplation stage of change?

The stage where a person may be in denial or is unwilling to make any changes. 

400

Used to combat Heroin/Opiate Overdose

Narcan

400

A drug that increases the action of the central nervous system, the heart, and other organs.

Stimulants

400

A mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique.

Mindfulness

400

This is the most common illicit drug in the U.S.

marijuana 

500

True or false: A person can move back and forth between stages of change. 

True!

500

A strong, sometimes fatal reaction to taking a large amount of a drug

Overdose 
500

Name two types of drug dependence

What is Physical and Psychological Dependence?

500

The most commonly diagnosed mental health disorder in the world


What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder

500

The oldest drug in the world

Alcohol