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Recovery
Recovery Skills
Withdrawal
Startling Statistics
Wild Card
100

Meditation, mindfulness, exercise, therapy, calling a sober friend, and thinking of consequences are all examples of this useful tool in recovery.

What is a coping skill?

100

1. People 2. Places 3. Things

What are triggers

100
Withdrawal from this substance can cause agitation, fever, hallucinations, seizures, and severe confusion.
What is Alcohol?
100
Each year in the United States, nearly 85,000 people die from this legal drug, making it the third leading preventable cause of death in our country.
What is alcohol? (Source: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism).
100
To politely yet firmly stand up for yourself when facing a trigger or difficult situation is called this.
What is assertiveness?
200
Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, and Gambler's Anonymous are all examples of programs with this type of format that can support you in recovery.
What are 12-Step Fellowships?
200

A desire or dream you try to achieve in a certain amount of time, no matter the costs.

What are goals

200
Withdrawal from this substance can cause anxiety, muscle aches, increased tearing, insomnia, runny nose, sweating, and yawning.
What is an Opiate?
200

This many Americans ages 12 and older have substance problems. Addiction and substance abuse affect more Americans than heart conditions, diabetes or cancer.

40 million

200
This recovery network was established in the 1940s and started in California. It asserts that its therapeutic value for aiding people in recovery is that the program is based on people helping people.
What is Narcotics Anonymous?
300
One of these prescribed and federally regulated medications can help an opiate addicted individual start recovering from their addiction and structuring his or her life again.
What is Methadone, Suboxone, and Naltrexone.
300

Some high-risk situations to avoid are to not let yourself get too hungry, angry, lonely or tired. What can help you remember these circumstances?

What is H.A.L.T.

300
Withdrawal from this drug can cause restless behavior, depressed mood, fatigue, increased appetite, vivid and unpleasant dreams and slowing of daily activity.
What is cocaine?
300

This risk factor accounts for about 40%-60% of a person's risk of addiction.

What is genetics?

300
After just one use, this drug can be seen in the brain and in toxicology screens for three to six weeks.
What is Marijuana?
400

The first stage of treatment

Detoxification

400

Our brain learns by ________ and _________.
(R and R)

What is repetition and reward

400
Withdrawal from this substance can cause headache, fatigue, anxiety, irritability, depressed mood, and difficulty concentrating.
What is caffeine?
400
There are now more than 13,000 people in this population who are struggling with addiction.
Who are newborn babies?
400

-Uncontrollable craving for the drug
-Loss of control
-Use despite negative consequences
-Chronic, biological brain disease
-Psychological and physical dependence  

What is Addiction

500

Information or an emergency kit to help an individual from using again. This kit could include 12 step information, important phone numbers, healthy recreational activities to participate in.

What is a relapse prevention plan

500

This recovery skill can help you develop a bigger and stronger network of people, not to mention lowers blood pressure and chronic pain and can even lengthen your life. 

What is helping other addicts? 

500
Withdrawal from this substance can cause headaches, nausea, constipation or diarrhea, falling heart rate and blood pressure, fatigue, drowsiness, insomnia, iritability, difficulty concentrating, and anxiety.
What is nicotine?
500
This is the leading cause of preventable disease, disability, and death in the United States.
What is Tobacco? (Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse)
500
This drug as an approved anesthetic in humans and was discontinued in 1965 because patients often became agitated, delusional, and irrational while recovering from its anesthetic effects.
What is PCP?