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