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Good or Bad?
100
Each year in the United States, nearly 85,000 people die from this legal drug, making it the third leading preventable cause of death in our country.
What is What is alcohol? (Source: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism).
100
Most urges usually last less than ___ to __ minutes.
What is 15-30
100
What three categories do high-risk situations usually fall under?
What is People, places, or things
100
Physical activities, meditation, volunteering, hobbies, exercise, games, journaling, support groups, sponsors...etc
What are Coping Skills?
100
The emotional and physical strain caused by our response to pressure from the outside world
What is Stress?
200
Abuse of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs is costly to the United States, exacting this amount annually in costs related to crime, lost work productivity and healthcare.
What is What is 600 Billion?
200
Give 3 signs of emotional relapse.
What is Anxiety, Anger, Isolation, etc.
200
Many commonly prescribed pain pills are actually a combination of an opiate and Tylenol(acetaminophen). Abusing any medication containing acetaminophen can be particularly damaging to which part of the body? a) The lungs b) The liver c) The pancreas d) The kidneys
What is The liver Exceeding the recommended dose of acetaminophen can cause serious liver damage. Some addicts also abuse alcohol and this can increase the likelihood of damage to the liver. One can avoid such pitfalls by simply staying within the dosage guidelines on the prescription bottle.
200
___________ is hands-down one of the best coping mechanisms. In addition to helping you achieve and maintain a healthy weight, sleep better, and reduce your risk of developing a multitude of serious health problems, regular __________ also improves your emotional well-being.
What is exercise?
200
This unhealthy coping mechanism involves the use of “logic” or excuses to avoid facing the truth. For example, you may tell yourself that you were passed over for a promotion at work because of your age, when, in reality, you were often late to important meetings and did not do your job well.
What is rationalization?
300
This drug slows both heart rate and respiration, which can be fatal when mixed with alcohol.
What is What are Sedatives, Hypnotics, and Anxiolytics as well as opiates? (Heroin, oxycontin, percocet, morphine, Xanax, Librium, Valium, Benadryl, Ambien) (Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse)
300
Glamorizing your past use is an example of what kind of relapse?
What is Mental Relapse?
300
This is the stage in which individuals modify their behavior, experiences, or environment in order to overcome their problems.
What is action stage?
300
payment history, amount owed, length of credit history, new credit and types of credit used. These things determine this and everyone has one.
What is your credit score?
300
Excess alcohol can cause or exacerbate depression, it interferes with the amino acid tryptophan which the body needs to produce the mood enhancing chemical called __________.
What is serotonin?
400
This is the leading cause of preventable disease, disability, and death in the United States.
What is What is Tobacco? (Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse)
400
What are the 3 stages of relapse?
What is Emotional, Mental, and Physical
400
This is a stage of change that combines intention and behavioral criteria. Individuals in this stage are intending to take action in the next month and have unsuccessfully taken action in the past year.
What is the preparation stage of change?
400
Everyone usually needs this in their lifetime. It is compiled of: Skills Identification, accomplishments, use of action verbs, past jobs, self-management skills, education and transferable skills.
What is a resume?
400
Some common high-risk situations are described by the acronym, HALT in addiction treatment. What does HALT stand for.
What is What is Hungry Angry Lonely Tired?
500
There are now more than 13,000 people in this population who are struggling with addiction.
What is Who are newborn babies?
500
The signs of emotional relapse are also the symptoms of ___ -_____ withdrawal Syndrome.
What is post-acute?
500
This is the name of the city and state where AA was founded.
What is Akron, Ohio?
500
Banks, Savings and Loans, Credit Unions, Saving accounts, Certificate of Deposit, IRA's, Stocks and Bonds, Mutual Funds..etc. These things serve for one mutual purpose.
What is to SAVE money?
500
There is good stress and bad stress. Name these two types of stress.
What is Distress and Eustress?