Celebrity Addicts
This famous singer diva uttered the now-famous phrase, "Crack is Wack"
Who is Whitney Houston?
Pot, reefer, Mary Jane, weed, grass, etc
What is marijuana?
A substance invented by the Bayer Company in Germany in the late 1800's and thought to be a cure for morphine addiction
What is heroin? **The scientists who invented it and used it said it made them feel heroic, thus, the name heroin**
A form of treatment where the patient lives in a recovery facility
What is Inpatient treatment
A behavioral syndrome characterized by the repeated, compulsive seeking or use of a substance despite adverse social, psychological, and/or physical consequences, and a need for an increased amount of the substance, as time goes on, to achieve the same effect.
What is addiction?
This artist has albums named "Relapse" and "Recovery"
Who is Eminem?
Ice, speed, crystal
What is methamphetamine?
Purely from the point of total cost and harm to the community, which is usually considered by experts to be the most 'dangerous' drug? This is probably due to its widespread use in most places.
What is alcohol?
People, places, and things
What are triggers?
________________ is the pleasure chemical in our brains that plays a major role in substance abuse and addiction
What is Dopamine?
This male musician died of an overdose and was married to another punk singer
Who is Kurt Cobain?
Candy, crack, powder, nose candy
What is cocaine?
This drug is still used as a localized, external anesthetic
What is cocaine?
• Medication • Behavioral therapy • Groups • Rehab • Inpatient/outpatient • Recreational • Occupational • Medical • Voc. Rehab • Music
What are treatment options?
When, after achieving short term or long-term sobriety, a person in recovery begins abusing drugs or alcohol again
What is relapse?
This female musician was asked to go to rehab and she declined. Thereafter, she died of a drug overdose.
Who is Amy Winehouse?
Smack, black tar
What is heroin?
This term actually means to induce sleep, but the public often interprets it, wrongly, to mean any legal drug sometimes used illegally
What is narcotic?
True or false- Medication is the only treatment method that works for mental health problems
False. Medication can be helpful and is sometimes necessary depending on the severity of the issue, but other methods such as therapy and counseling can also be very helpful
A medically supervised treatment for alcohol or drug addiction designed to purge the body of intoxicating or addictive substances
What is detox?
On one of his benders, this actor stumbled across the street from his house to a neighbors home and passed out in their child's bed?
Who is Robert Downey Jr.?
Angel dust
What is PCP?
The most commonly abused drug across the nation
What is Marijuana?
Name 3 places/people you can go to when you're having a hard time with your recovery
Sponsor, counselor, friends, family, etc
A process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness
What is recovery?