Recovery
Mindfulness
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 you give in and accept the process?

What is surrendering?

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

When you are aware of yourself and your ego is not beneficial to building relationship. 

What is Humility?

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

When you understand yourself.

What is self-awareness?

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 gender is more likely to start using drugs in high school.
What is both male and female genders.
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
This is a virtual addiction Social Network with the purpose helping people with Drug Addiction, Alcoholism, Prescription Drug Addiction, Pain Killer Addiction and more.
400

Something you can do to become more aware of you and your surroundings.

What is a mindful activity?

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
This term refers to an emerging family of drugs containing one or more synthetic chemicals related to an amphetamine-like stimulant found naturally in the Khat plant. Some users experience paranoia, agitation, and hallucinations; some even display psychotic and violent behavior, and deaths have been reported in several instances.
What is "bath salts"? (Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse)
500
Psychologist Milton Erickson asked an alcohol user struggling with sobriety to contemplate this plant, which subsequently caused the alcohol user to gain and maintain his sobriety.
What is a cactus? "could go for three years without water and not die"
500

The benefits of yoga.

What is grounding and relaxing.

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?