Addiction facts - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. MYTH 1: Addicts and alcoholics need to reach rock bottom before they can accept help.
2. Preparation
3. Detox
4. Accountability
5. Trigger
6. Action
7. Addiction to drugs and/or alcohol is a problem for approximately 30 million people in the United States alone
8. One-quarter of Grade 8 students admit to smoking marijuana regularly
9. There are more deaths and disabilities each year in the U.S. from substance abuse than from any other cause.
10. Alcohol and drug abuse costs the American economy an estimated $276 billion per year in lost productivity
11. MYTH 5: People don’t need treatment. They can stop using if they really want to.
12. The average drug addict needs to come up with $200 per day to support his or her addiction
13. Family disease
14. MYTH 4: Addicts should be punished not treated for using drugs.
15. Recovery
16. Ninety percent of muggings and property crimes (theft) are related to drugs
17. Withdrawal
18. Almost half of all traffic fatalities are alcohol-related.
19. MYTH 2: Addiction is a willpower problem. People can stop if they really want to.
20. Relapse
21. Maintenance
22. More than half of all adults have a family history of alcoholism or problem drinking.
23. Addiction to drugs and/or alcohol is a problem for approximately 30 million people in the United States alone
24. Between 48% and 64% of people who die in fires have blood alcohol levels indicating intoxication
25. Higher Power
26. If an addict resorts to stealing to get money for drugs he or she will need to steal approximately $1000 worth of property to raise $200
27. Pre-contemplation
    Pre-contemplation
28. Every American adult pays nearly $1000 per year for the damages of addiction.
29. Is it true or false that addiction is a family disease?
30. Responsibility
31. Heavy drinking contributes to illness in each of the top three causes of death: heart disease cancer and stroke.
32. Untreated addiction is more expensive than heart disease diabetes and cancer combined.
33. Contemplation
34. More than nine million children live with a parent dependent on alcohol and/or illicit drugs.
35. Approximately 1 out of every 8 Americans is living with some form of addiction
36. About 18 million Americans have alcohol problems; about 5 to 6 million Americans have drug problems.
37. Termination
38. You can be abstinent and still be under the influence of an addiction
39. Fetal alcohol syndrome is the leading known cause of mental retardation.