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