Week 4

Question 1

1 Health Reason to Quit Drugs

Answer 1

• Decreased chance of dying

Question 2

How does long-term drug use make you feel?

Answer 2

Depressed and apathetic

Question 3

What changes in personality does drug usage cause?

Answer 3

Become aggressive and act mean

Question 4

9 Health Reasons to quit drinking

Answer 4

1. Better health
2. Better metabolism
3. More energy.
4. Fewer diseases.
5. Decreased risk for type 2 diabetes.
6. Improved liver function.
7. Improved immune system.
8. Improved fertility
9. Better Sex

Question 5

What does binge drinking do to your metabolism?

Answer 5

Causes it to decrease

Question 6

What’s the one “weird” thing about alcohol being a depressant?

Answer 6

It interrupts sleep

Question 7

Why does alcoholism increase your chance of developing dementia?

Answer 7

It causes brain shrinkage

Question 8

What is alcoholic cardiomyopathy?

Answer 8

A weakening of the heart muscle

Question 9

5 Social reasons to quit drug addiction

Answer 9

1. Better employment. - Fewer money problems
2. Improved relationships
3. Be more likable.
4. Stop engaging in a “dead end” activity.
5. More sociable.

Question 10

3 Mental reasons to quit drug addiction

Answer 10

1. Feel emotions
2. Improved memory
3. Less depressed

Question 11

What is neonatal abstinence syndrome?

Answer 11

When a baby is born dependent on the drug because the mom used it throughout her pregnancy