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This Marvel Super Hero  says he used drugs before he was a teenager and spent most of his early career under their influence. He had several high-profile arrests in the late 1990s and early 2000s while misusing alcohol, cocaine, and heroin and spent time in a California prison and a state-run rehab facility. Today, he states that his recovery is Iron Strong. 

Robert Downey Jr.

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This type if trigger involves our thoughts, emotions, or sensations that spark a craving to return to addictive or criminal behaviors.

Internal Trigger

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2. This famous doll's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts, from Willows, Wisconsin. Her birthday is March 9, 1959, when she was first displayed at the New York Toy Fair.   

Barbie

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HOPE stands for

Hold on Pain Ends

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When You feel excessive, unrealistic worry and tension with little or no reason.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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She was a 17-year-old actress on family-friendly TV when, she says, she first used cocaine. As her singing career took off, so did her problems with drugs and alcohol. In 2010, she first sought treatment for addiction, along with mental health issues including bipolar and eating disorders. She has addressed her ongoing recovery in interviews, on social media, and in her music.

Demi Lovato

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This is an urge we feel after we experience a trigger.  Its a mind message that tries to convince us that we need to use alcohol or drugs.

Craving

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The Four Corners of these states is the only spot in the US where you can stand in four states at once:  

 Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.

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In recovery, you must take one  _  at a time. 

Day

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This a mood disorder that causes a persistent negative feelings,  loss of pleasure and/or interest in activities for long periods of time. 

Depression 

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This newly inducted DC knight stated  “If you have a problem, getting help is a sign of courage, not weakness or failure.”  following a long battle with alcohol. 

Ben Aflek

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This is someone who is abstinent and active in a recovery program.  This is a support we can turn to in a crisis or call at any time and challenge our unhealthy thought processes when we are having them

Sponsor or Mentor

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These animals are the only mammal that can actually fly.

Bats

300

Continue this slogan


It works if 

you work it

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you have an intense fear of being in a place where it seems hard to escape or get help if an emergency occurs. For example, you may panic or feel anxious when on an airplane, on public transportation, or standing in line with a crowd.  

Agoraphobia

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The AIDS crisis inspired this singer to address his addictions. This singer, knighted by the queen herself,   had spent the previous decade absorbed in alcohol and cocaine misuse. He sought treatment in 1990 and established this AIDS Foundation named for himself 2 years later.

Sir Elton John

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What are the 3 stages of relapse

Emotional, Mental and Physical

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This is the largest Organ in your body

Skin

400

HALT

Hungry Angry Lonely Tired

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The exact Cause of THIS isn't known, but a combination of genetics, environment, and altered brain chemistry and structure may play a role.It is characterized by thoughts or experiences that seem out of touch with reality, disorganized speech or behavior, and decreased participation in daily activities.

Schizophrenia

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This KING of horror struggled with rampant substance abuse for years. Beer (after beer after beer…) was his method of choice for keeping ideas flowing and his typewriter clacking. Soon though, that addiction progressed to harder substances of abuse. Cocaine, for example, was his drug of choice for fueling his late-night writing stints.  It wasnt until he entered into recovery that he realized that his works of fright were scarier and and more popular without the use of substances

Stephan King

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What are the 5 stages of change?

Precontemplation, contemplation, Preparation, Action and Maintenance 


Bonus:  Relapse

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The Earl of "this" John Montagu, who lived in the 1700s, reportedly invented his namesake so he wouldn’t have to leave his gambling table to eat.  

The Earl of Sandwich

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Finish this statement


Do the next

Right thing

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episodes of this disorder may include symptoms such as low energy, low motivation, and loss of interest in daily activities.  It is characterized by periodic, intense emotional states affecting a person's mood, energy, and ability to function.

Bi Polar Disorder