Recovery Basics
What is the first step in the 12-step recovery program?
What is admitting you are powerless over your addiction?
This actor, famous for “Iron Man” and “Sherlock Holmes,” has been open about his struggles with addiction and his recovery since the early 2000s.
Who is Robert Downey Jr.?
True or False: Is addiction considered a disease?
What is True?
This term refers to the process of safely removing a substance from the body
What is detox?
This long-running animated series follows a propane salesman and his family living in Arlen, Texas.
What is King of the Hill?
In what month do we celebrate national recovery month?
What is September?
This singer of hits like “Stronger” and “Since U Been Gone” has shared her sobriety journey as a role model for young people.
Who is Kelly Clarkson?
People who have mental health symptoms sometimes turn to drugs or alcohol for relief instead of treatment through therapy and medication is called what?
What is self-medicating?
over time people need higher amounts of a substance to feel the same effect. this is known as what?
What is tolerance?
This horror film is set in rural Texas and involves a group of friends who encounter a chainsaw-wielding killer.
What is The Texas Chainsaw Massacre?
This type of thinking can trick people into believing they don't need help even when their life is falling apart.
What is denial?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!
This actor, famous for The Matrix, credits his sobriety and balanced lifestyle with helping him cope with grief and loss.
Who is Keanu Reeves?
________ is used to restore breathing in an opioid overdose.
What is Narcan?
This term describes when a person has both a substance use disorder and another mental health condition.
What is dual diagnosis?
This coming-of-age film follows high school football players in a small Texas town during the early 1980s.
What is Friday Night Lights?
Excessive emotional, physical, or psychological reliance on a partner.
What is codependency?
This legendary singer of Tiny Dancer and Rocket Man credits sobriety with saving his life and has raised millions to help others in recovery.
Who is Elton John?
What disorder includes the following symptoms: excessive worry, sweaty palms, rapid heart rate, rapid breathing, and expecting the worst?
What is anxiety?
_____ is the pleasure chemical in our brain that plays a major role in substance abuse an addiction.
What is dopamine?
This TV drama is set in rural Texas and follows law enforcement dealing with complex criminal cases and moral struggles in a small community.
What is Walker, Texas Ranger?
What does HALT stand for?
Hungry, angry, lonely, and tired
This Friends star wrote, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, about his battle with addiction and his recovery journey.
Who is Matthew Perry?
This disorder involves obsessive thoughts and repetitive behaviors like excessive hand washing.
What is obsessive compulsive disorder?
In what type of therapy, we are taught that our thoughts influence our feelings which influence our behaviors?
What is CBT?
This 2024 TV series follows the oil boom in West Texas and the people working in land leasing and energy production.
What is Landman?