Recovery/Addiction Facts
The history of substances
Coping skills
Relapse Prevention
Misc.
100

This part of the brain controls your fight/flight/freeze/fawn response. 

Amygdala 

100

This was the most popular substance in the USA in the 1970's. 

Cocaine 

100

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.

Mindfulness

100

What is the first stage of a relapse? 

Emotional Relapse 

100

What makes up a majority of dust around a home? 

Dead human skin cells 

200

It is estimated that what percentage of adults in the USA meet the qualification for a substance use disorder? 

25-38%

200

Which explorer was the first to bring tobacco back to Europe in 1492?

Christopher Columbus 

200

a mentor or a guide who has been in recovery and worked through the steps and no longer has to drink or use.

A sponsor 

200

This is a document created to help when feeling like one might be facing a relapse. 

Relapse prevention plan 

200

What is the only letter that does not appear in a USA state name? 

Q

300

What percentage of people age 12 and older have used an illicit substance at least 1x? 

50%

300

Which people were among the first to record their use of opium for medicinal purposes

Ancient Egyptians 

300

You can eat sour candy, a lemon, or hold ice to help with what? 

Panic attack/ anxiety 

300

What does HALT stand for 

Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired 

300

What is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself when damaged? 

Teeth 

400

Normal neurobiological event characterized by the need to increase the dose over time to obtain the original effect. A state in which a drug produces a diminishing biological or behavioral response; in other words, higher doses are needed to produce the same effect experienced initially.

Tolerance 

400

This substance was invented in 1805. 

Morphine 

400

Yelling into a pillow can help with what emotion? 

Anger, frustration, overwhelm 

400

_____  _______ are the thoughts and feelings that a person has that can cause a desire for drugs or alcohol 

Internal Triggers 

400

Which common condiment was originally sold as medicine? 

Ketchup 
500

70% of individuals struggling with ______ will relapse at some point, however, relapse rates decline the longer someone stays sober.

Alcoholism 

500

This company, which is still around today, created heroin as a pain and cough medication. 

The Bayer Company (aspirin) 

500

Efforts that are taken to reduce the likelihood of experiencing, or lessen the impact of, stress in the future.

Preventative Coping Skills 

500

_____  _______ is a strategy that involves blocking and replacing unwanted, distressing thoughts. The technique is sometimes used in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) as a way to halt or disrupt negative thoughts. 1 Then, a more adaptive or helpful thought can then be substituted for the unhelpful one. 

Thought Stopping 

500

Which city is the most populated in the world? 

Tokyo