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100

This is a blood-borne virus most commonly found amongst drug users. 

What is Hep-C/HIV?

100

This is a slang term which defines the sudden stop of substances without professional help.

What is "cold turkey?"

100

This substance stays in your system the longest and shows up on drug tests long after you've stopped using it.

What is marijuana?

100

This is a person that a criminal or drug offender will need to report to in order to avoid further legal consequences. 

What is a probation/parole officer?

100

This step involves sponsoring other people.

What is step 12?

200

This is the term is used to define the abuse of substances in an attempt to manage mental health symptoms. 

What is self-medicating?

200

These are the 6 most difficult substances to quit.

What is: 

Heroin/prescription painkillers, Cocaine, Methamphetamine/Crystal Meth, Benzodiazepines, Nicotine, Alcohol

200

This is what the acronym "CBT" stands for in treatment.

What is cognitive behavioral therapy?

200

Someone who is mandated by court to enter drug and alcohol treatment are usually sentenced to this amount of time there.

What is 90 days? (And up to a year)

200

These 2 things are the healthiest, cheapest, and most proactive ways to maintain conscious contact with a higher power and to stay of fit mind, body, and soul.

What is prayer and meditation?

300

This type of addiction is most commonly associated with alcohol addiction. 

What is a gambling addiction?

300

These are 5 drugs that are found in nature which don't need to be synthetic or altered by man to get high. 

What is Mushrooms, marijuana, opium (opiates), tobacco (nicotine), and coca (cocaine)?

300

Families are most at-fault for this behavior while their loved one suffers from addiction. 

What is enabling?

300

This is the national average cost for receiving a DUI.

What is 10,000 dollars?

300

Alcoholics Anonymous calls their book, "The Big Book". This is what Narcotics Anonymous calls their book.

What is "The Basic Text"?

400

15 million currently suffer from addiction and only ____ percent will ever receive treatment. 

What is 10 percent? 

400

This substance has the longest "high". 

What is PCP?

  • PCP (phencyclidine): An illegal hallucinogenic drug with an average half-life of 21 hours, the effects of a PCP trip can last up to an entire day
400

Addicts and alcoholics relapse the most (60%) at this amount of time sober.

What is 30 days?

400

This is a consequence for a parent where they can only spend time with their child in a controlled environment, usually with mandated reporters.

What is supervised/monitored visits? 

400

This is claimed to be the hardest step of the 12-steps when surveying addicts and alcoholics.

What is Step 5? (This step asks us to admit "our wrongs" and to do so in front of our higher power and another person.)

500

This substance was originally used as an insecticide and identified as poison by a chemist.

What is nicotine?

500

These are 3 harmful substances used in the creation of Methamphetamine. 

What is acetone, anhydrous ammonia, pseudoephedrine, hydrochloric acid, lithium, red phosphorous, toluene, sodium hydroxide, and sulfuric acid?

  • Acetone is found in nail polish remover and paint thinner. It’s extremely flammable.
  • Anhydrous Ammonia is found in fertilizer and some cleaners. Mixing it with other chemicals creates a toxic gas.
  • Pseudoephedrine is a medication typically used as a nasal decongestant or to treat seasonal allergies. According to the National Library of Medicine, side effects of this drug include tremors, sweating and increased heart rate and blood pressure.
  • Hydrochloric Acid is used to make plastic. It is so corrosive that it can remove rust from steel and is capable of eating away flesh.
  • Lithium is found in batteries. It burns the skin, is highly explosive and reacts violently with water.
  • Red phosphorus is found on matchboxes, in road flares and other explosives. It is highly flammable.
  • Toluene is found in brake fluid. It is so corrosive it can dissolve rubber.
  • Sodium Hydroxide or lye is used to dissolve roadkill. It is corrosive and can also burn skin or cause blindness.
  • Sulfuric Acid 
500

This a treatment approach which is designed to decrease the severity of consequences caused by substance abuse, but doesn't necessarily promote entire abstinence.

What is "Harm Reduction?"

500

This is the amount of jail time are you facing if you accidentally kill someone while drunk driving (involuntary manslaughter).

What is 10 years?

500

This is the longest recorded sobriety time in AA.

What is 71 years? (James Houck, attended meetings with Bill Wilson in 1935. This man passed away in 2006, but lived to be 100 years old!)