Various Drugs
It is classed as a depressant, meaning that it slows down vital functions—resulting in slurred speech, unsteady movement, disturbed perceptions and an inability to react quickly.
What is Alcohol?
The practice of taking an active role in regularly doing things that improve your well-being and happiness, in particular during periods of stress
What is Self-Care?
This stage involves being able to successfully avoid any temptations to return to the bad habit.
What is Maintenance?
What is the most complex organ of the human body?
What is the Brain?
This famous rock star died officially of heart failure, but after his death reportedly was found to contain high dosages of, among other things, the opiates Dilaudid, Percodan, and Demerol, as well as Quaaludes and codeine.
Who is Elvis Presley?
This drugs is a natural substance taken from the seed pod of the various opium poppy plants grown in Southeast and Southwest Asia, Mexico, and Colombia.
What is Heroin?
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
What is Mindfulness?
This is the stage where people believe they have the ability to change their behavior and are actively involved in taking steps to change their bad behavior by using a variety of different techniques.
What is Action/Willpower?
On average, how much does the brain weigh?
A) Less than one pound
B) 2 Pounds
C) 3 pounds
3 pounds
This music artist had a hit pop song come out a few years before her death called 'Rehab'
Who is Amy Winehouse?
She died of alcohol intoxication
a powerfully addictive stimulant drug made from the leaves of the coca plant native to South America. Although health care providers can use it for valid medical purposes, such as local anesthesia for some surgeries, recreational use is illegal.
What is Cocaine?
Getting support from a neutral person who can help with mental health and addiction concerns
What is Therapy or Counseling?
In this stage people are not thinking seriously about changing and are not interested in any kind of help. People in this stage tend to defend their current bad habit(s) and do not feel it is a problem
What is Precontemplation?
The part of the brain that enables us to make thoughtful decisions, assess situations, and keep our emotions under control, is completed during which stage of life:
A) Childhood (up to 12 years)
B) Adolescence (13-19)
C) Young adulthood (20-25)
D) None of the above
Young adulthood
This singer/songwriter experienced a 20-year drug and alcohol addiction that he said saw him spending about $16,000 a week on heroin in the 1970s.
Who is Eric Clapton?
He chose to get clean and change his path after the death of his 4 year old son.
a synthetic, psychoactive drug chemically similar to the stimulant methamphetamine and the hallucinogen mescaline. It is an illegal drug that acts as both a stimulant and psychedelic, producing an energizing effect, as well as distortions in time and perception and enhanced enjoyment from tactile experiences.
What is Ecstasy?
A practice of serious thought about one's character, actions, and motives, which allows us to acknowledge what choices were good, which were bad, and how we can improve ourselves.
What is self-reflection?
In this stage people have made a commitment to make a change. Their motivation for changing is reflected by statements such as: “I’ve got to do something about this — this is serious. Something has to change. What can I do?”
What is preparation/determination?
True or False: The Brain has the most neurotransmitter receptors in the body?
False - The stomach and GI tract have more neurotransmitter reception sites.
This child star first was forced into rehab at age 13, and a mental institution for a year and a half after that. She was emancipated from her parents and declared an adult at age 14. She worked hard and stayed sober once she was away from her family.
Who is Drew Barrymore?
A powerful, highly addictive stimulant that affects the central nervous system. It is a Schedule II stimulant which makes it legally available only through a non-refillable prescription.
What is Methamphetamine?
What involves the tensing of the muscles then releasing for relaxation?
What is Progressive Muscle Relaxation?
In this stage people are more aware of the personal consequences of their bad habit and they spend time thinking about their problem.
What is Contemplation?
Name 3 reasons that can influence whether or not a person becomes addicted
Genetics (family history)
Age
Environmental factors (neighborhood, friends)
Gender/ethnicity
This film follows the lives of four New Yorkers through their addiction.
What is Requiem for a Dream?