Basic Recovery Questions
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True or False
Misc
100

What is a powerful desire to use a substance?

Cravings

100

It ____ if you ____ it.

It works if you work it. 

100

What is the technique often used in recovery to manage cravings by focusing on the present moment?

What is mindfulness or meditation?

100

 71% of preventable opioid deaths occur among those ages18-25?

False. Ages 25-54. 

100

What is where you use another activity in order to replace or substitute the feelings/results you used to get from using a substance.

Cross Addiction

200

What is the most regularly used addictive substance in the United States?

Alcohol

200

Progress not ______

Progress not perfection

200

What term describes situations, emotions, or events that may lead someone in recovery to return to substance use?

Triggers

200

Seven out of 10 preventable opioid overdose death victims are male?

True 

200

What type of behavioral addiction is recognized in the DSM?

Gambling addiction

300

What organization uses a 12-step program to help individuals overcome addiction?

Alcohol Anonymous

300

One ___ at a ____.

One day at a time. 

300

What does HALT stand for?

Hungry, angry, lonely, and tired

300

AUD is responsible for 95,510 deaths in the US each year? 

True 
300

What does PAWS stand for?

Post-acute withdrawal syndrome

400

What is the term for the condition where a person develops tolerance and experiences withdrawal symptoms when they stop using it?

Dependence
400

This too _____ ______.

This too shall pass. 

400

How long does it take to break a habit? (Give a range)

Ranges from 18-254 days

400

About 49.5% of alcoholics recover and stay sober?

False. 35.9%

400

What condition, often associated with heavy alcohol use, results in severe inflammation of the liver?

cirrhosis

500

What medication is commonly used to help individuals overcome opioid addiction?

Methadone, buprenorphine, suboxone

500

Take what _____ and _____ the rest.

Take what you like and leave the rest. 

500

What are the five stages of change in recovery?

Precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance

500

After a young woman and a young man drink the same amount of alcohol, the woman will have a higher blood alcohol level?  

True. This is because younger women produce less of the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase, which breaks down alcohol in the stomach.

500

This neurotransmitter, often associated with pleasure and reward, plays a central role in addiction

Dopamine