Recovery Basics
What does is the first step in the 12-step recovery program?
What is admitting you are powerless over your addiction?
A group for men and women who have a desire to stop using drugs or alcohol. Ex. NA, AA, CA….etc
What are 12 Step Fellowships?
Known for her powerhouse vocals and song "Rehab", this soul singer was in and out of treatment for years before her passing in 2011.
Who is Amy Winehouse?
This term describes someone who has both a substance use disorder and a mental health condition.
What is a dual diagnosis?
This term refers to the process of safely removing a substance from the body.
What is detox?
This classic slogan reminds you to stay grounded and focus only on the 24 hours in front of you.
What is “One day at a time”?
Excessive use of this substance can lead to liver cirrhosis.
What is Alcohol?
In what month do we celebrate national Recovery Month?
What is September?
Meetings for family or friends of those struggling with alcohol or drug abuse.
What is Al-Anon?
This Mean Girls actress has been to rehab multiple times but says living in Dubai helped her maintain her sobriety.
Who is Lindsay Lohan?
People with mental health symptoms sometimes turn to drugs or alcohol for relief instead of treatment. What is this called?
What is self medicating?
“Over time, people often need higher amounts of a substance to feel the same effect. This is known as what?”
What is tolerance?
This phrase describes someone who’s stopped using but is still acting selfish, negative, or stuck in old behavior.
What is “dry drunk”?
Long-term use of this drug is commonly associated with severe dental issues?
What is meth?
What does the acronym HALT stand for?
What is Hungry, Angry, Lonely Tired?
Support group that doesn’t include any aspects of spirituality or religion. Teach coping skills to help participants address four main points: Build and maintain motivation, Cope with urges, Manage thoughts, feeling and behaviors, and Live a balanced life.
What is SMART Recovery?
This Transformers actor has spoken openly about turning to art and rehab after legal troubles and substance use.
Who is Shia LaBeouf?
This disorder involves obsessive thoughts and repetitive behaviors, and people may use substances to quiet their anxiety.
What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)?
__________ is the pleasure chemical in our brains that plays a major role in substance abuse and addiction.
What is dopamine?
This popular slogan reminds people to stop trying to control everything and trust in a power greater than themselves.
hat is “Let go and let God” ?
This stimulant is known to be one of the hardest to detox from and is usually smoked.
What is nicotine?
What is the difference between a lapse and a relapse?
What is a lapse is a brief return to substance use while a relapse is a return to a pattern of substance use.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
For those who prefer a more religious support group. Similar to 12-step groups in that participants work through a set of steps. However, it includes principles of Christianity and ties Bible verses into the 12-step literature.
What is Celebrate Recovery?
This TV and radio host — once one of the most famous shock jocks in the world — has been clean since the ‘80s and talks about it on his satellite show.
Who is Howard Stern?
DOBLE JEOPARDY
This is a common therapy to treat various disorders such as anxiety and depression.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
This term refers to using a small amount of a drug again after abstinence — and can quickly lead back to full-blown use.
What is a lapse?
This slogan reminds people to avoid unnecessary drama and keep their focus on personal recovery.
What is “Keep your side of the street clean”?
Long-term use of this drug can cause memory loss, mood swings, and significant damage to the brain’s ability to learn — even though it's often thought of as harmless.
What is Marijuana?
What are the Three Stages of Recovery?
What is abstinence, repair, and growth.
This family focused support support group is designed teens who are affected by someone else's use.
What is Al-ateen?
This father-daughter pair — the dad a legendary country singer, the daughter a pop icon — both publicly battled addiction. He died sober; she went to rehab.
Who are Johnny Cash and Rosanne Cash?
“Often mistaken for simple worry, this disorder can bring on sudden fear, physical symptoms, and a feeling like something terrible is about to happen.”
What is Panic disorder?
When you feel hopeless or believe recovery won’t work for you, this kind of thinking can lead to relapse.
What is stinking thinking?
This 3-letter phrase is used when someone isn’t ready for recovery: “They need to hit their ___.
What is bottom or rock bottom?
TRIPPLE JEOPARDY
Overuse of this substance can lead to serotonin syndrome, characterized by agitation, confusion, and rapid heart rate.
What is MDMA or Ecstasy?
This type of thinking can trick people into believing they don’t need help, even when their life is falling apart.
What is denial?
In a 12-step group, this is the term for the ________ step, which involves writing down a detailed moral inventory of oneself.
What is the fourth step?
This Academy Award–winning actor, famous for roles in Good Will Hunting and Dead Poets Society, struggled with alcoholism and cocaine use before relapsing later in life.
Who is Robin Williams?
This trauma-related condition can cause emotional detachment, memory gaps, and “numbing out,” and is sometimes confused with laziness or apathy in recovery.
What is dissociation?
This condition, often associated with alcohol, involves the inability to remember events that occurred while intoxicated.
What is blackout?
A newcomer who jumps into every meeting and gives advice too soon is sometimes jokingly called this.
What is a “two-stepper”?
This drug can cause flashbacks, or re-experiencing of the drug's effects, long after use.
What is LSD?