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Alcohol
Trends and Statistics
Addiction
Recovery
Chemistry Behind Drug Abuse & Addiction
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Name 2 reasons why a teenager/minor may abuse alcohol.
What are stress, peer pressure, curiosity, feel more relaxed, as a method of coping with personal problems.
100
The current trend of teenage alcohol usage has ________ over time.
What is decreased
100
A ____________ and ______________ dependence on a substance or activity is called addiction.
What are a physiological and psychological.
100
This is the first step to recovery (two part answer)
What is recognize there is a problem (with drug or alcohol) and make the decision to get clean.
100
Research has found that there often exists a link between alcoholism and _________
What is genetics
200
Name 3 things that one should not do when a person has alcohol poisoning.
What are give him/her food, coffee, cold shower, tell him/her to sleep, leave him/her alone, make him/her walk it off.
200
The U.S. consumes what percentage of drugs in the world.
What is 80%
200
This emotional or behavioral condition means centers around being overly concerned with other people's behavior and problems, and feeling driven to fix and control those problems, which can often lead to lying for the addict, lending them money, and making excuses for them.
What is codependency
200
This is the reason that the use of even small amounts of alcohol or other drugs by the recovering addict considered relapse
What is even the slightest amount of the drug can send the person back into addiction.
200
This is the amount of time it usually takes for a drug abuser's brain chemistry to change?
What is 1 year
300
Any quantity of alcohol can ___________ the central nervous system. When consumed quickly or in large doses, it can ___________ the body's involuntary processes such as breathing, the heartbeat and the gag reflex which prevents choking.
What are Depress / slow or stop.
300
These two drugs have become the most popular among teens in the last 10 years
What is cannabis and ecstasy.
300
Physical dependence is characterized by tolerance (the need for increasingly ____________ doses to achieve the initial effect) and _____________ symptoms when the user is abstinent (not using).
What are Higher; Withdrawal.
300
List 2 of the three main reasons why an addict usually chooses to go into treatment.
1. When it is required by family or legal system. 2. When the addict has a moment of clarity. 3. When they realize they can die from their addiction.
300
This portion of the brain that controls decision making and as a result of repeated drug usage, can become "disabled" due to repeated drug use.
What is the pre-fontal cortext
400
Name 4 common signs of alcohol poisoning.
What are does not respond to other people talking, vomits while sleeping, cannot remain standing, won't wake up despite repeated attempts, has slow irregular breathing, has bluish/purple skin, has clammy skin, has an irregular pulse rate or heart rhythm.
400
After marijuana, these 2 drug categories account for most of the top drugs abused by teens?
What are Prescription medicine and Over the counter medicine, specifically codeine.
400
This is the definition of recovery as defined in the Basic Text of NA?
What is an active Change in attitudes and behaviors?
400
This type of recovery therapy works to identify and change dysfunctional thinking, behavior, and emotional responses
What is cognitive behavioral therapy
400
Alcohol poisoning is defined as a "severe elevation of the _____________."
What is blood alcohol level
500
These blood alcohol percentage levels are considered a "potentially lethal" blood alcohol content?
What are 0.26% ~ 0.40%
500
This percentage of teens in the United States abused alcohol in 2010?
What are 71%
500
What are the three aspects that make up "True Addiction" according to the 12 step philosophy of NA?
What is Compulsion, Obsession, and Total Self Centeredness
500
A set of guiding principles outlining a course of action for recovery from addiction, compulsion, or other behavioral problems
What is a 12-step program
500
A collection of pus (dead neutrophils) that has accumulated in a cavity formed by the tissue in which the pus resides on the basis of an infectious process is a process that occurs due to frequent iv drug usage
What is an Abscesses