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This holiday has the highest number of drunken driving accidents.

What is Thanksgiving

100
Marijuana from the 1970's had 1-4% THC or more. This is the percentage of THC found in most marijuana used today, which causes a longer lasting and more intense intoxicated state.
What is 17%.
100
Came to believe a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
What is Step 2
100
This illegal substance is made from the white, milky liquid exuded from the opium poppy.
What is Heroin
100

These are people, places, objects, feelings, and times that cause cravings.

What is Triggers

200

This is the period of time when relapse is most likely to occur but forming a relapse plan or prevention plan can be beneficial. 

What is the first 6 months?

200
Marrijuana can be life threatening to a person with any form of _____ disease.
What is Heart
200
This was begun in Akron, Ohio, in 1935, with a chance meeting between two alcoholics, one a doctor and one a broker.
What is A.A.
200

This class of drugs are natural and synthetic drugs that distort thinking, awareness and the senses.

What is Halluciogens.

200

It is sometimes misleadingly called  “synthetic marijuana” or "fake weed" because some of the chemicals in it are similar to ones in marijuana. But, its effects are sometimes very different from marijuana, and often much stronger and much worse. 

What is Spice? (other common names K2, Mamba, synthetic Cannabinoids)

300

This substance will not restore senses affected by alcohol, such as vision; however, it is offered more than any other substance as a quick way to sober up.

What is Coffee.

300

Despite knowing how to prevent drug addiction relapses, setbacks can still occur. In the event of a relapse, you shouldn’t panic or assume you’ve failed at recovery. Instead, this is one of four options you can take. 

What is..

1. Examine what led to the relapse

2. Decide that the relapse was an isolated situation

3. Consider re-enrolling in treatment

4. Invest in professional mental health counseling

300
The twelfth tradition asks members to place this before personalities.
What is Principles (of A.A.).
300
These chemical products are misused to give the user a drug-like effect, and can cause lasting physical damage.
What is Inhalants.
300

This is identifying behaviors, understanding outpatient expectations, appointment settings, realistic self-management plan, protection plan in the event of triggers, and regrouping plan in the event of recurring symptoms. 

What is an aftercare plan? 

400

Drugs will create high levels of _________, which will cause the body to stop producing it. 

What is dopamine? 

400
After just one use, marijuana chemicals can be seen in the brain for this long, and can be detected in a drug screening.
What is 3-6 weeks.
400
This person is a guide, a mentor, and a fellow recovering addict, who volunteers their time to help a newcomer in the 12-step program.
What is Sponsor.
400

This drug causes side effects such as malnutrition, cancer of the mouth, esophagus and stomach, and birth defects.

What is Alcohol.

400

These are 5 stages of changes in recovery. 

What is precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance?

500

These 3 general areas help an addict in the process of treatment and recovery. 

What is treating withdrawals with medication, staying in treatment with working the program, and preventing relapse by developing coping skills and strategies for triggers? 

500

This gender is more likely to commit suicide while under the influence of alcohol? 

What is the male gender. 

500

This powerful drug is most commonly involved in overdose deaths.

What is Fentanyl? 

500

This is the leading cause of death in the United States? 

What is accidental overdose? 

500
This is the process by which the addicted brain invents excuses that allow the person in recovery to edge close enough to relapse situations that accidents can happen.
What is Justification