Recovery
Substances
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

When mixed with alcohol, this drug creates an abnormally rapid heart rate and amplified impairment of cognitive, psychomotor, driving performance, and hallucinations.

What is Cannabis? (Marijuana) (Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse)

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 140,000 people die from this legal drug, making it the third leading preventable cause of death in our country.

What is alcohol? 

100

the limits and rules we set for ourselves within relationships. 

What is boundaries

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

When combined with alcohol, there is a greater risk of overdose and sudden death than either drug alone.

What is cocaine? (Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse)

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

Abuse of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs is costly to the United States, exacting this amount annually in costs related to crime, lost work productivity and healthcare.

What is 600 Billion?

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

The organ in which alcohol is processed in the human body. 

What is the liver. 

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

DAILY DOUBLE: 

This gender is more popular in substance use treatment.

What is male gender.

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

 What are reminders that put people in a mental and emotional place of distress, pain, anger, frustration, and other strong emotions?

Triggers

400

DAILY DOUBLE: 

The number of minutes it takes for your brain to react to alcohol. 

 

What is 5 minutes. 

400

What is AWS?

What is Alcohol Withdrawal Symptom. 

400
There are now more than 13,000 people in this population who are struggling with addiction.
Who are newborn babies?
400

Drug responsible for 106,000 deaths in 2022

Fentanyl 

500

- Lack of motivation.

- Inability to focus or concentrate.

- Poor judgement.

- Irritability or angry outbursts.

- Changes in personality or attitude.

- Emotional and mental withdrawing from people 


... Are all known as what?

What are known as symptoms of addiction

500

This type of drinking is a pattern of alcohol consumption that involves drinking a lot in a short period of time. 

What is binge drinking. 

500

... has a mortality rate of 1% to 4% 

What is delirium termens 

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

"We admitted that we were powerless over drugs and alcohol"

What is first step preparation