Origin Stories
Introduced by the Bayer Company in 1898 as a non-addictive pain medication, its name came from the heroic feeling users had while taking it. In 1924 it was banned in the U.S. after it became obvious it was more addictive than morphine.
What is heroin?
Administered by nasal spray or syringe, this is used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.
What is Narcan or Naloxone?
Being conscious of your own thoughts, actions, and decisions is the foundation of this practice.
What is mindfulness?
This bird is the avian symbol of the United States of America.
What is the Bald Eagle?
This peaceful small country developed milk chocolate.
What is Switzerland?
In the early 1990s, a pharmaceutical executive tweaked the formula of the banned diet drug Obetrol to develop a new drug to treat children and teens with ADHD.
What is Adderall?
An average of 44 people die each day from overdoses involving these prescription drugs.
What are opioids? Also oxycodone, OxyContin, Percocet, Opana, Kadian, Avinza, hydrocodone, vicodin, oxymorphone, oxys, morphine, codeine, fentanyl, Hydromorphone, Tapentadol
The ability of neural networks in the brain to change through growth and reorganization. Especially important in long-term recovery.
What is neuroplasticity or brain plasticity or neural plasticity
With a surface temperature ranging from about 820 to nearly 900 degrees F, this is the hottest planet in our solar system.
What is Venus?
This red and white candy is believed to be shaped like a shepherd's hook.
What are candy canes?
Marketed as an intravenous anesthetic in the 1950s, this mind-altering substance was discontinued in 1965 after it caused agitation, delusions, psychosis, anxiety, paranoia, and dysphoria in patients.
What is PCP (phencyclidine) / angel dust/ animal trank / rocket fuel ?
About 10,000 people a year die in automobile accidents involving this substance. This accounts for nearly 30% of all traffic-related deaths in the U.S.
What is alcohol?
This feeling of emotional or physical tension can come from any event or thought that makes a person feel frustrated, angry, or nervous.
What is stress?
With one vending machine for every 23 residents, this California-sized country with four times the population of that state is considered the vending machine capital of the world.
What is Japan?
This chocolate centered sucker once featured ads asking "How many licks does it take to get to the center?"
What is a Tootsie Pop?
First synthesized in the 1950s, this class of drugs was prescribed as a sedative, anticonvulsant, muscle relaxant, anti-depressant, anti-anxiety, and even insomnia cure. Once the most prescribed drug in the world, awareness of abuse and misuse caused prescription strict guidelines to be developed in 1988.
What are benzodiazepines / benzos / also OK, valium, librium, ativan, klonopin, clonazepam, diazepam, clorazepate, xanax, alpraxolam, halazepam, paxipam, lorzapam, temazepam, restoril or similar
This highly potent illicit substance accounted for nearly 80% of adolescent overdose deaths in 2021.
What is fentanyl?
This physical activity has its origins in northern India over 5,000 years ago. Practicing the breathing and poses can be beneficial for stress management, mindfulness, quality sleep, and general fitness.
What is yoga?
This is the only fruit that has its seeds on the outside.
What is a strawberry?
The commercials for this candy featured actors like Betty White, Aretha Franklin, Liza Minelli, Danny Trejo, and others with the tag line "You're Not You When You're Hungry".
What is Snickers?
This substance was first isolated in 1860, and Sigmund Freud struggled with an addiction to it for over a decade. It became particularly popular as an additive in a sugary beverage first introduced in 1886.
What is cocaine (blow, coke, coca, crack, flake, snow, or similar accepted)?
The risk of this type of death increases substantially when people who struggle with anxiety and depression use alcohol or other types of depressants.
What is suicide?
A practice in which an individual uses a technique, such as mindfulness or specific breathing patterns, to train attention and awareness and achieve mental clarity and a state of calm.
What is meditation?
Which month(s) of the year has/have 28 days?
ALL OF THEM
These sour candies are shaped like humans.
What are Sour Patch Kids?