SUD Facts
This substance is the most common addiction in the US.
What is alcohol?
This disorder often affects a persons energy levels, motivation, appetite, sleep, and how they feel about themselves.
What is depression?
This is the internal drive a person has to help the, strive towards positive changes and attaining goals.
What is motivation?
This is the process where one perceives certain life events as being challenging, overwhelming, or event threatening.
What is stress?
This famous actor struggled with real life Hangovers and got sober after his alcohol use became progressively worse.
Who is Bradley Cooper?
This substance is the most physically addictive according to research.
What is nicotine?
This is a sudden onset of feelings of intense fear and impending doom, sometimes with no known cause. Persons experiencing this condition will exhibit restlessness, irregular breathing, and chest pain.
What is a panic attack?
The ability to look within yourself honestly. Seeing your own flaws, patterns, and strengths.
What is insight?
When this concept is negatively affected by substance use, a person begins to have a negative opinion of themselves, disregard their value, and doubt their abilities.
What is self-esteem?
After getting plastic surgery, this Halloween celebrity struggled with opiate use after being prescribed them post op.
Who is Jamie Lee Curtis?
This substances causes more deaths than suicides in the US.
What is fentanyl?
DAILY DOUBLE
This evidence-based exercise has been proven to strengthen positive brain pathways and reduce stress when practiced daily.
What is Yoga?
This is something everyone needs to have in their life in order to sustain long-term changes and feelings of security/comfort.
What is support?
These are physical symptoms/indicators of stress. (Please list at least 4)
What are: pounding heart, headache, shakiness, pacing, stomach pain, nauseas, blood pressure, sweating, sleep issues, jaw clenching, low energy, agitation, appetite changes, etc.
This musical artist overdosed on methadone and has been sober since 2009. Hint: he has used his addiction and recovery as topics in his music.
Who is Eminem?
This is the leading cause of accidental deaths in the US.
What are drug overdoses?
This disorder is characterized by difficulty feeling empathy for others and not feeling remorse for their harmful actions. Common traits include: impulsivity, aggressiveness, breaking societal rules, and exhibiting self-centered motives/behaviors.
What is antisocial personality disorder?
This term refers to the increase of motivation and insight that leads to a strong desire to implement positive changes consistently in one’s life.
What is inspiration?
This term refers to when a person maintains limits with themselves and others, protecting their emotional space, and avoiding negativity.
What are boundaries?
DAILY DOUBLE
This famous comedian/actor felt like the Black Sheep and struggled with several addictions. They tragically died from a heroin overdose despite bringing laughter to millions.
Who is Chris Farley?
During an overdose of this substance, a person is likely to experience extremely high blood pressure, difficulty breathing, seizures, and heart attacks.
What is caffeine?
These THREE mental health disorders are most common in individuals with substance use disorder.
What are Anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorder?
This chart shows the 5 areas of human NEEDS that must be met in order to work towards achieving goals and a sense of fulfillment.
What is Maslow’s hierarchy of needs?
This chemical causes short term effects such as : increased heart rate, high blood sugar, slowed metabolism, and feelings of flight or fight.
It also causes long term effects such as: weight gain, diabetes, heart disease, immune issues, weakened bones, depression, anxiety, memory issues, insomnia, and even stretch marks.
What is cortisol?
This musical artist often predicted how drugs would lead them to an early death with like lyrics such as
“To everyone that sell me drugs don’t mix it with that bullshit, I’m hoping not to join the 27 club”
This artist died from a deadly combination of cocaine, alcohol, and fentanyl that was sold to him as Oxycodone at age 26.Who is Mac Miller?