What drug used to be used as a medicine & local anesthetic?
What is cocaine?
Who founded Alcoholics Anonymous?
Who is Bill Wilson & Dr. Bob Smith?
Sedative drugs, such as barbiturates, are highly likely to cause (Blank) when someone is withdrawing from it. In order to stop this from happening (Blank) is usually prescribed.
Seizure - Keppra
Which A-List Avenger was arrested multiple times for drug offenses, which included cocaine & heroin?
Who is Robert Downy Jr?
These four words make up the acronym "HALT".
What are Hungry, Angry, Lonely & Tired.
What is the strongest painkiller?
What is Carfentanil?
What is the 3rd Tradition of the 12 Traditions?
What is, "The only requirement for AA membership is the desire to stop drinking"?
What prescribed medications can help opiate addicts to recover from addiction?
What is Suboxone, Methadone & Lucemyra?
What musician relied on a dangerous cocktail of Vicodin, Valium & Ambien to manage the pressures of their career?
Who is Eminem/Marshall Mathers?
This is when the brain reduces a high that a person feels when compared to the high they felt when first taking the drug, by reducing the ability of the reward circuit & respond to it, & the need to take more of a substance to achieve the same "high".
What is tolernace?
What drug acts as both a stimulant & hallucinogen?
What is MDMA/Ecstasy?
What is relevant to many different situations & can help during the good & difficult times?
What is the 12 Steps?
Playing back the tape, meditation & exercise are all examples of what useful tool in recovery?
What are coping skills?
Which famous TV star went to rehab 15 times & underwent 14 surgeries related to their drug & alcohol abuse?
Who is Matthew Perry?
A pattern of addiction alcohol or other illicit substances occurring in more than one generation within a family, due to either genetic, or environmental factors, or both.
What is familial addiction?
What mind altering substance can change how you see, hear, feel, taste & smell?
What is magic mushrooms?
What year was Alcoholics Anonymous, "The Big Book", Published?
1939
Which type of psychotherapy helps people manage their problems by changing their thoughts & behaviors?
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy/CBT?
What famous childhood star developed alcohol & drug problems, attempted to enter rehab & started their recovery journey all by the age of 14?
Who is Drew Barrymore?
This is a common, chronic & long lasting disorder in which a person has uncontrollable, reoccurring thought &/or behaviors that he or she feels the urge to repeat over & over.
What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?
What is the most popular illicit drug in the US?
What is marijuana/weed?
What is the official anniversary date of AA across the globe?
What is June 10th, 1935?
Cravings, restlessness, trouble concentrating or sleeping, irritability, anxiety, increase in appetite & weight gain are withdrawal symptoms of what addiction?
Nicotine
This singer & songwriter shared in an interview that he started using cocaine to overcome his shyness, but it ended up isolating him from everyone in his life.
Who is Elton John?
An action by another person or an institution that intentionally or unintentionally has the affect of facilitating the continuation of an individual's addictive process.
What is enabling?