An uncontrollable craving for a drug which can potentially have negative consequences is known as what
An addiction
100
What part of your treatment is generally advice given by a knowledgeable person in weekly meetings?
Counseling
100
People, places and things are considered what?
Triggers
100
A yellow discoloration in the skin is a common sign of liver failure in alcoholics. This is known as what?
Jaundice
100
This drug is 80-100% times more potent than morphine.
Fentanyl. (Carfentanyl is 100-125% times more potent)
200
A hypothetical tool-box that would contain information about the 12 steps, important names and phone numbers and a daily plan is called what?
A relapse prevention plan
200
A set of principles outlining a course of action for recovery from addiction
12 Step Program
200
A desire or dream that you set to accomplish in a specific time frame is known as what
A goal
200
This substance has been historically offered as a quick way to sober up, but has no actual outcome on an person's intoxication symptoms
Coffee
200
This drug was originally introduced to the market as a cough suppressant but has sedative effects which can alter a person's level of consciousness when abused.
Codeine
300
_________ is the drug which people are most quickly addicted to
Nicotine
300
A form of treatment that identifies and changing your thinking patterns with the belief that your behavior and outcomes will follow?
DBT therapy
300
H.A.L.T. is an acronym to help remember not to let yourself get too what?
Hungry, angry, lonely or tired
300
What state has the highest rate of deaths related to drinking and driving?
Alaska. It is presumed that the weather also plays a significant factor.
300
This drug can cause respiratory distress which can lead to death if taken in high doses, especially when combined with alcohol.
Oxycontin
400
________ is the pleasure chemical in our brain that plays a major role in addiction.
Dopamine
400
Which step asks you to take a moral inventory of yourself?
Step 4
400
Our brains learn by continued ____ & ____
repetition and reward
400
Who absorbs alcohol faster; men or women
Women
400
Prescription pain killers account for about how many ER visits per year in the US?
480,000 in 2016
500
What drug is unknowingly the most common to be abused?
Marijuana
500
What 3 spiritual principles does the 12 step fellowship follow?
Honesty, open-mindedness and willingness
500
For the best chance at staying sober, it is suggested that you remain in inpatient treatment for a minimum of how long?
90 days
500
What is the body's natural response that is intended to protect you from consuming too much alcohol?
Vomitting
500
How many people died in the US in 2016 as a result of the opioid epidemic?
178,000 people across the US. (There are 160k people in Worcester)