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