Stages of Change
Coping with Stress
Definitions
Substances/Reactions
Organs
100

Name the first stage in the 5 stages of change

What is: Precontemplation

100

Name a negative coping skill

What is: physical violence, drug use, tantrums, yelling, slamming doors, etc. 

100

A Hindu spiritual and ascetic discipline that includes breath control, simple meditation and the adoption of specific bodily postures

What is: Yoga

100

This substance dulls the parts of your brain that controls how your body works. This affects decision making and affects the liver most. 

What is: Alcohol

100

This organ can regenerate but after long term abuse fatty "blank" disease develops in it. 

What is: The Liver

200

Name the 3rd stage in the 5 Stages of Change

What is: The Preparation Stage

200

Name 3 positive coping skills

What is: Exercising, art, or support groups

200

An adaptation to environmental stress that is based on the conscious or unconscious choice and that enhances control over behavior or gives psychological comfort

What is: A Coping Skill

200

This drug irritates the lungs and is a psychoactive (mind altering) drug. 

What is: Marijuana

200

This muscle is at the center of the circulation system and after it is abused it can cause blood clots, increased plaque buildup and blood vessel cell damage. 

What is: The Heart

300

Someone that is monitoring themselves to stay on track is in what stage of change?

What is: the Maintenance Stage

300

The inability to defend oneself or to act effectively. This feeling leads to depression. 

What is: Helplessness/Hopelessness
300
A person specialized in certain methods and rehabilitation other than the use of drugs or surgery. Hint: they write treatment plans and perform assessments

What is: A therapist

300

An opioid drug made from morphine that causes a rush or euphoria. Effects include dry mouth, heavy feelings in the arms and legs, and clouded mental functioning. 

What is: Heroin 
300

When substances are abused, this organ may respond via seizures, memory lapse, and poor decision making.

What is: The Brain

400

Someone who has researched, listed pros and cons and made a plan is in what stage of change?

What is: Preparation Stage

400

How we react when we feel under pressure or threatened. This feeling usually happens when we are in a situation that we don't feel we can manage or control. 

What is: Stress

400

(Blank) is the pleasure chemical in our brains that plays a major role in substance abuse and addiction

What is: Dopamine

400

A powerful, highly addictive stimulant that affects the central nervous system that produces feelings of euphoria and increased energy. Can cause weight loss, rotting teeth, and paranoia. 

What is: Methamphetamine

400

This organs main job is to cleanse the blood of toxins and transform waste into urine. When abused by substances, this organ is associated with chronic infections and inflammation. 

What is: The Kidneys 

500

Name the 5 stages of change. (If you can name 6, bonus 100 points!)

What is: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance. Bonus: Relapse

500

This hormone, also called the stress hormone, increases sugars in the bloodstream and is responsible for the "Fight or Flight" response. 

What is: Cortisol

500

Confidence in one's own worth or abilities

What is: Self-Esteem

500

This drug causes faster heart rate, raised body temperature and can lead to panic attacks or heart attacks. This drug speeds up messages traveling between the brain and rest of the body. 

What is: Cocaine

500

This organ acts as a reservoir for acid secretion and enzyme secretion. This organ is right before the duodenum and when abused can cause acid reflux, constipation, or vomiting. 

What is: The Stomach