Substance Abuse
True or False: an individual's mental health status, genetic disposition, and frequency of use influence how quickly they become addicted to heroin.
True
Correct answer gets 500
The state of being sober
sobriety
______ is the fastest addicting drug
what is nicotine
Correct answer gets 500
Addiction quickly becomes a lifestyle. A person in active addiction spends more and more time searching for drugs/alcohol resulting in what?
Isolation
Correct answer 1000
This movie is about a journalist who takes her reputation of the life of the party too far.
Hint: Starring Sandra Bullock
28 days
correct answer 300
The use of marijuana before what age may have an impact on brain development?
25
Correct answer gets 1000
Specific interventions for yourself to prevent the continued use of alcohol or other drugs
relapse prevention plan
the most commonly abused drug across the nation
what is marijuana
Those in active addiction tend to choose their use over their family or friends resulting in what?
Damaged relationships.
Correct answer gets 400
This movie explores the life of a real-estate agent with a cocaine habit.
Hint: Starring Michael Keaton
Clean and Sober
Coreect answer gets 400
______ is the use of FDA-approved medications, in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies to provide a “whole-patient” approach to the treatment of substance use disorders.
Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)
Correct answer gets 600
an addiction to the consumption of alcoholic liquor or the mental illness and compulsive behavior resulting from alcohol dependency
alcoholism
the term used for a physiological craving for more
what is a compulsion ( of the body )
correct 600
Those who are in active addiction tend to do whatever is needed to achieve the high or drugs resulting in what?
Criminal behavior
Correct answer gets 900
This movie is about the founder of AA.
My Name is Bill W
correct answer gets 600
Name three signs of opioid overdose.
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• Small and constricted “pinpoint pupils”
• Falling asleep or loss of consciousness
• Slow and shallow breathing
• Choking or gurgling sounds,
• Limp body,
Correct Answer Gets 2000
• Pale, blue, or cold skin.
Anger, humor, diversion, blaming, excuse making, denial, compromising
What are defenses/defense mechanisms?
Withdrawal from this substance can cause headache, fatigue, anxiety, irritability, depressed mood, and difficulty concentrating
What is Caffeine?
correct answer 800
Drug abuse tends to dull the senses which results in?
Stagnation
Correct answer 1200
This movie is about a basketball star whose best friend dies of cancer
Basketball Diaries
Correct answer gets 800
Name five things that will affect how many drinks it will take an individual to get intoxicated.
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_____ is a type of brain damage that can occur after extended and repeated exposure to heavy drinking. The excessive consumption of alcohol can cause a deficiency of thiamine, or vitamin B1, which is an essential vitamin for the proper functioning of the brain and body. Alcoholism interferes with the consumption, absorption, and activation of thiamine in your system
wet brain or Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
This Chemical creates the physical craving in an alcoholic
What is Acetone?
Correct answer 1500
Drugs and alcohol along with the lifestyle it comes with can be expensive, resulting in what?
Financial Distress
Correct Answer 1000
This movie is based on the life of Amanda Wendler.
Hint: Released on Hulu
Four Good Days
Correct answer gets 1000