Recovery Jeopardy

Maintaining Recovery

100

Gatherings of recovering addicts, who meet regularly for the purpose of recovery from the disease of addiction

What is a meeting 

200

A meeting that a person in recovery designates as their 'official' meeting to do service in, or is the meeting they go to most often (at least once a week)

What is a home group 

300

Person, place, thing, or event that could push an addict to relapse

A trigger

400

A place where many people choose to live after completing treatment 

What is sober living/recovery house

500

A type of relationship that experts typically say is to be avoided during early recovery 

What is a romantic relationship 

Drugs and the Body

100

This is used to save someone from an opioid overdose

What is Narcan 

200

Happens when you repeatedly use a substance, you continuously need to do more of the substance to feel the same effects

What is tolerance 

300

Happens when you take more than the normal or prescribed amount of a drug, can be fatal 

What is an overdose 

400

The withdrawal from these drugs can be fatal

What is Benzos and Alcohol 

500

The chemical messenger released into the brain when doing drugs 

What is dopamine

Recovery 101

100

Addiction is a disease of this organ 

What is the brain 

200

This is how long a typical NA/AA meeting will last 

What is 1 hour 

300

These are the 3 stages of relapse 

What is mentally, emotionally, and physically 

400

This is a set of daily reflections and meditations in the NA program that are meant to help people with drug addiction focus on sobriety one day at a time

What is Just for Today 

500

These people are on average 50% more likely to inherit substance abuse addiction 

What is children of addicts 

Substances

100

This is the most commonly used illicit drug in the nation  

What is marijuana 

200

This non illicit recreational drug is widely used, highly addictive, and hard to discontinue 

What is nicotine 

300

This drug is still used as a localized anesthetic 

What is cocaine 

400

These substances reduce pain and produce feelings of euphoria

Opioids (heroin,oxycontin,fentanyl)

500

Since 2003 these substances have resulted in more overdose fatalities than heroin & cocaine combined

What is Vicodin and Oxycontin 

Wild Card

100

This is what HALT stands for 

Hungry, angry, lonely, tired

200

This drug was initially made in 1956 and brought to market as an anesthetic medication. Its use in humans was disallowed in the United States in 1965 due to the high rates of side effects

What is PCP

300

This is the name of the person who created AA

Who is Bill Wilson

400

This BAC level is when one experiences respiratory failure (death)

What is 0.45 or greater

500

The most common skin infection that affects people who inject drugs

What is Cellulitis