Deck 12: Recovery, Suicide and Alcoholdrugs and Relapse Prevention

Question 1

Identify an advantage of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA).

A) Provision of a regular support group
B) Mutual sharing by members
C) Frequent and regular meetings
D) All of these are correct

Answer 1

All of these are correct

Question 2

What is a common reason people give about not attending AA?

A) Difficulty with the concept of a "higher power"
B) Being concerned about confidentiality
C) Not comfortable in a group setting
D) All of these are correct

Answer 2

All of these are correct

Question 3

The first stage of alcohol/drug recovery is the

A) Honeymoon stage
B) Resolution Stage
C) The Wall stage
D) Withdrawal stage

Answer 3

Withdrawal stage

Question 4

The Wall Stage occurs at

A) 45-60 days of sobriety
B) 180 days of sobriety
C) 120-180 days of sobriety
D) One year of sobriety

Question 5

Identify the "curative" factors of group therapy.

A) Fostering compassion
B) Instilling hope
C) Sharing and interpersonal learning
D) All of these are correct

Question 6

According to the American Association of Suicidology, which of the following is true about suicide?

A) The risk of suicide is higher if you have a close relative who is suicidal or who has committed suicide
B) Three times as many men as women kill themselves, whereas three times as many women as men attempt suicide
C) The incidence of suicide has nearly tripled in the last 30 years for young people
D) All of these are correct.

Question 7

What is an important question to ask if someone feels suicidal?

A) Are you willing to die rather than facing your problems
B) Do you care about anything
C) What would prevent you from committing suicide
D) Maybe we should not talk about this any more

Question 8

Most suicides are

A) Spontaneous
B) Planned
C) Exaggerated feelings
D) All of these are correct

Question 9

A relapse prevention tool is

A) The Serenity Prayer
B) Rational recuperation
C) Isolation
D) Cold turkey

Question 10

HALTS stands for

A) Stop the relapse behavior
B) Hungry, angry, lonely, tired, sick
C) Stop being sick
D) Happy, altruistic, lessons, teachings, stop

Question 11

Which of the following contributes to relapse?

A) Detaching to gain perspective
B) Evades or denies issues and problems
C) Asking for help
D) Responds with action when prepared

Question 12

A stimulus that has been repeatedly associated with the preparation for, anticipation of, or the actual use of alcohol/drugs is

A) Catharsis
B) Trigger
C) Dependency
D) Potentiation