Recovery
Combined with Alcohol
Withdrawal
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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, and driving performance.
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 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 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

Class of Drugs used medicinally for thousands of years to relieve physical pain but nowadays often abused to relieve emotional pain

Opiates/Opioids

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

This drug slows both heart rate and respiration, which can be fatal when mixed with alcohol.

What are Sedatives, Hypnotics, and Anxiolytics as well as opiates (Heroin, oxycontin, percocet, morphine, Xanax, Librium, Valium, Benadryl, Ambien) (Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse)

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 artist was considered the "king of pop", dies due to complications from prescription drugs in 2009

Michael Jackson

300

A report from the U.S. National Cancer Institute explains that this drug can be helpful in treating cancer symptoms and side effects of cancer therapies.

What is Marijuana?

400

The oldest known intoxicating substance used specifically for recreational purposes (Even dating back to biblical times)

Alcohol

400

When combined with alcohol, these performance enhancing drugs may cause impulsive violent behavior

What are Anabolic Steroids? (Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse)

400

Withdrawal from this substance that we normally consume in beverages can cause headache, fatigue, anxiety, irritability, depressed mood, and difficulty concentrating.

What is caffeine?

400

This iconic musician earns over 50 million/year for his music despite dying from complications of prescription drug addiction in 1977

Elvis Presley

400

John Belushi was a legendary actor and comedian who shocked the world when he overdosed and died from mixing cocaine and heroin in 1982 at the height of his fame. He was on the original lineup of what longstanding TV show (Still airs today) 

Saturday Night Live

500

It takes more and more of a substance to get the same effect which often fuels the desire and need for using larger amounts. This is called?

Tolerance

500
When mixed with alcohol, this drug creates an increased risk of adverse cardiovascular effects, and may result in dangerously low blood pressure.
What is an inhalant? (Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse)
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?