WLU Recovery

Drug Effects

100

• Effects: Interact with certain receptors in the brain, leading to relaxation, altered perception, euphoria, and increased appetite.
• Long-term risks: Potential for addiction, lung problems (if smoked), increased risk of mental health conditions like depression and anxiety, and potentially psychosis in some individuals.  

Cannabinoids - THC, Marijuana, CBD

200

• Effects: Act on certain receptors to relieve pain, induce euphoria, and cause sedation.
• Long-term risks: Addiction, respiratory depression (slowed or stopped breathing), tolerance (needing higher doses for the same effect), physical dependence, constipation, increased sensitivity to pain. 

Opioids - Prescription painkillers (oxycodone, fentanyl), Heroin

300

• Effects: Alter perception, mood, and cognitive processes, causing those to see or hear things that aren't real, altered sense of time, and potential for intense emotional swings.
• Long-term risks: Persistent psychosis, (HPPD - recurrent flashbacks), cognitive impairment, paranoia, and even violent behaviors in some cases. 

Hallucinogens - LSD/Acid, Mushrooms, PCP

400

• Effects: Speed up the central nervous system, increase energy, alertness, euphoria and potentially cause feelings of excitement and heightened arousal.
• Long-term risks: Addiction, depression, anxiety, paranoia, cardiovascular problems like heart attack or stroke, liver damage, kidney failure, weight loss. 

Stimulants - Cocaine, Meth, Adderall, etc

500

• Effects: Slow down the central nervous system, induce relaxation, drowsiness, reduced inhibition, and can also cause nightmares, anxiety, and aggression in some cases.
• Long-term risks: confusion, lack of coordination, low blood pressure, and slowed heart rate and breathing. 

Depressants - Alcohol, Benzodiazepines

Recovery Slogans

100

__________ is the most important person in any meeting

Newcomer - YOU

200

To keep what you have, you have to_____ _____ _____.

give it away. 

300

Don't quit before the ________ ________.

miracle happens. 

400

The opposite of addiction is ___________.

Connection. 

500

_____ without ______ is dead.

FAITH without WORKS is dead. 

WLU Trivia

100

What 2 case managers share an office?

Jess & Jackie

200

Name the five therapists

Shea

Grace

Chelsea

Anthony

Shirelle

300

What days are phone call days?

Monday

Wednesday

Saturday

400

Name 3 Nurses

1, 2, 3

500

*DOUBLE JEOPARDY*

How many years clean does BHT Sammy have?

4 and counting... 

Recovery Acronym

100

ODAAT

One Day At A Time

200

GOD

Good Orderly Direction.

Group Of Drunks.

Grow Or Die.

Gift Of Desperation. 

300

HOPE

Hold

On

Pain

Ends

400

HOW (it works)

Honesty

Open-Mindedness

Willingness

500

HALT

Hungry 

Angry

Lonely 

Tired 

Just For Fun

100

What are the Names for the AA Book & the NA Book?

AA - Big Book

Na - Basic Text

200

What MONTH is Recovery Month?

September

300

What does PAWS stand for?

Post-acute Withdraw Symptoms 

400

Who founded AA?

Dr. Bob & Bill Wilson

500

*DOUBLE JEOPARDY*

Who founded WE LEVEL UP?

Ryan and Adam

Famous People in Recovery

100

This rapper became addicted to prescription opioids and has a very complicated relationship between his massive public persona and being one of the world’s most private artists. After he experienced a near-fatal overdose in 2007, he realized he needed to change. After the overdose, he went into recovery and made his "2009 album Relapse" in the process. Even though the album itself was not a great success, the rapper started treating sobriety like a superpower and was proud of the fact that he could quit. 'His sponsor is Elton John.'

Eminem

200

He is an American actor and filmmaker, sharing 2 Academy Awards with his best friend. After a well-documented battle with alcohol addiction and becoming more “Dazed and Confused”, he became open about his struggles, sharing insights into his personal and professional life while getting help, and has become a voice in addiction and mental health advocacy.

Ben Affleck

300

The actor says he used drugs before he was a teenager and spent most of his early career under their influence. He had several high-profile arrests in the late 1990s and early 2000s while misusing alcohol, cocaine, and heroin and spent time in a California prison and a state-run rehab facility. He is now one of the highest paid leading men & well known for a single role in many movies of a “marvelous universe”.

Robert Downey Jr. 

400

She made headlines in 1989 by going to rehab at just 13 and announcing she was an addict. From a famously troubled acting family, she was 6 when she launched her career. She says she started drinking when she was 9 and quickly moved on to marijuana and cocaine. She spent her teenage years trying to overcome her notoriety and has since enjoyed success as an actress, producer, & talk show host.

Drew Barrymore

500

The actress most famous for these “holiday movies” calls recovery from alcohol and drug addiction the greatest single accomplishment of her life; and she wouldn’t “Trade Places” with anyone. She says she became addicted to prescription painkillers she was given after a cosmetic procedure. She is an outspoken advocate for drug misuse awareness and changes in opiate policy.

Jamie Lee Curtis

12 Steps

100

We admitted we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had become unmanageable.

Step 1

200

Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

Step 12

300

Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.

Step 8

400

Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.

Step 7

500

Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.

Step 10