Fact Sheets
Below are informational fact sheets you can download and print (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader). Please feel free to disseminate these fact sheets to anyone you wish, provided you do not make changes in the material.
The fact sheets are organized into the following categories:
Questionnaires & Self-Tests
Are You Chemically Dependent?
Your drinking / drugging habits may be more serious than you think.
Do You Have an Alcoholism / Drug Addiction?
Test used by John Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore MD, in deciding whether or not a patient is alcoholic.
Enabling Questionnaire for Parents
Did you know that these attitudes can become part of the problem?
Family Chemical Dependency Questionnaire
Does your family have any of these traits?
Parents Self Test
A way for parents to assess themselves.
Questions about Prescription Drug Use
Self test to determine if you are developing a problem with pills.
Questions for Older Adults
Questions for an alcohol drinker.
Questions for Women about Alcohol Use
Things to think about and react on.
Questions for Women about Addictive Behavior
How habits, fears and attitudes can change your life.
Risk Evaluation Tool for Parents
Don’t be afraid to ask your child these questions.
Student Enabling Questionnaire
Do you carry any of these secrets or attitudes?
Trouble Signals Checklist
A helpful resource for concerned parents.
Youth Drinking/Drugging Questionnaire
Questions on actions and feeling for teens who use alcohol and other drugs.
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Alcohol
Acetaminophen and Alcohol
Learn about the liver, alcohol, and acetaminophen.
Adult Children of Alcoholics
There are many common traits of adult children of alcoholics.
Alcohol
Learn blood alcohol levels and your body's reaction to them.
Adult Children of Alcoholics Need Intervention
Learn the special needs of adult children of alcoholics and how intervention helps.
Alcohol and Crime
See how alcohol use/abuse is at the root of many crimes.
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Among Young Women
Focuses on the unique ways substance abuse affects young women.
Alcohol and Other Drug Use by Women
Women encounter unique risks with alcohol.
Alcohol and Other Drugs in the Workplace
Alcohol / drug use impacts company losses
Alcohol and Stress
Learn the reasons people turn to alcohol under stress.
Alcohol Impairment Charts
Alcohol impairs men and women differently.
Alcohol Poisoning
More than 1,300 Americans die each year either as the direct result of alcohol overdose or in incidents where alcohol poisoning was mentioned as a contributing cause of death.
Alcohol Problems - Frequently Asked Questions
Answers most common questions concerning alcohol use/abuse/alcoholism.
Alcohol Related Disorders
When does drinking become a problem and how do these disorders affect people?
Binge Drinking
Fun and games or something called alcohol poisoning?
Blood Alcohol Content
See how the same amount of alcohol does not affects everybody the same way.
Combining Alcohol and Energy Drinks
Learn what age group is targeted by energy drink companies and how combining with alcohol will affect the heart.
Definition of Alcoholism
Alcoholism is a disease - the definition explains why.
Do You Have an Alcoholism / Drug Addiction?
Test used by John Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore MD, in deciding whether or not a patient is alcoholic.
Drinking and Driving - Facts for Teens
Designed for teens with latest statistics, facts and more.
Facing the Five Challenges in Recovery
What areas of life must an addict change to get well?
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Notes the physical changes in these two type of birth defects.
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
What does it mean? What should an expecting mom know?
An Open Letter to My Family (An Alcoholic’s Cry for Help)
Describes an alcoholic's need and your for peace and sanity.
Standard Drink Conversion
This chart dispels the myth that beer has less alcohol per drink than wine or liquor.
Underage Drinking: A National Epidemic
Facts to prepare parents about teen drinking.
U.S. Alcohol Related Traffic Fatalities
Previous year's statistics on alcohol-involved crashes.
What is Alcoholics Anonymous and Alanon
A condensed fact sheet on both organizations.
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Co-dependency / Enabling
Co-dependency
What is co-dependency and how does it affect relationships?
Co-dependents Anonymous
Listing of local self-help meetings for co-dependency.
Common Problems for Codependents
Fears and negative attitudes that help keep a codependent powerless.
Enabling
Introductory information on how to stop enabling and start helping the alcoholic and yourself.
Enabling Questionnaire for Parents
Did you know that these attitudes can become part of the problem?
Student Enabling Questionnaire
Do you carry any of these secrets or attitudes?
Understanding Enabling
Who are enablers and what are their fears, mistaken beliefs, and other facts.
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Co-occuring Disorders
Co-occurring Disorders: Mental Illness and Substance Abuse
What do you know about co-occurring disorders and how would you seek help?
Co-occuring Disorders AA Meetings
Check periodically for updates.
St. Louis Co-Dependents Anonymous
Meeting list.
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Drugs (Illegal & Prescription)
Are You Chemically Dependent?
Your drinking / drugging habits may be more serious than you think.
Bath Salts
Marketed as "bath salts" and sold in gas stations, these synthetic drugs are very dangerous.
Club Drugs
Lists reasons why ecstasy, GHB and other club drugs are not safe.
Cocaine and Crack Cocaine
Introductory information on cocaine and crack cocaine
Crack
Information on Crack
Drug Abuse and Aids
What’s the connection?
Drug Testing (Adults)
Alcohol / Drug users can be costly for a company. Learn how and why companies drug test.
Drug Testing...One Test Teens Don't Want To Fail
Think failing a drug test is no big deal? THINK AGAIN! Failing a drug test can cost teens their future.
Ecstasy
Information, warning signs, and health risks of using ecstasy.
GHB
Learn more about this fast-acting central nervous system depressant.
Hallucinogens
Learn more about the effects of PCP, angel dust, LSD, acid, peyote, and "magic" mushrooms.
Heroin
Know the facts and risks.
Heroin Anonymous
Listing of local heroin anonymous (HA) meetings.
High School Drug Use: Recent Trends
The latest statistics of high school use of alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana, ecstasy, cocaine, crack, LSD and steroids. Also, track usage of alcohol, tobacco and marijuana since 1986 to 2002.
Indications of Drug Abuse/Addiction
Physical and emotional symptoms, plus other effects.
Inhalants
Find out how "huffing" can damage your brain and even cause death.
K2
K2, synthetic marijuana, has some serious health effects.
Marijuana
Describes the short-term, long-term, and emotional effects of using marijuana, as well as the addictive nature of the drug.
Marijuana - Extra Facts
More detailed information about marijuana.
Marijuana Myths
A harmless natural plant? Three common myths.
Marijuana Anonymous
Local St. Louis groups – updated periodically.
Medical Care of the Recovering Chemical Dependent Patient
Guidelines addicts should know, especially in illness.
Methamphetamines
This killer, also known as speed, meth, crank, and ice, damages the body and brain.
Mushrooms
Facts and effects to knows.
Oxycontin
Eight important questions and answers.
Steroids
Includes physical and psychological effects of Steroids.
Talking to Your Children About Drug Abuse
Watch for the warning signs and talk to your kids about drugs. For more info on what parents can do, go to Parent Power.
The Brain and Drug Addiction
Learn what drugs do the brain and how someone becomes addicted.
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Getting Help / Recovery
[also see our self-help resources and the Treatment and Recovery Services manual]
Addicts Victorious
A Christian 10-step support group
Co-occuring Disorders AA Meetings
Check periodically for updates.
Important Numbers
Emergency self-help phone number and websites.
Marijuana Anonymous
Local St. Louis groups – updated periodically.
Facing the Five Challenges in Recovery
What areas of life must an addict change to get well?
Frequently Asked Questions of NCADA Counselors
Learn more about interventions, Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, and how to get yourself or a loved one help.
Newcomers and Young People’s AA & NA meetings
Local St. Louis groups – updated periodically.
Relapse: A Slip Doesn’t Mean Treatment Doesn’t Work
Expect unexpected detours and spot high-risk situations.
SMART Recovery
Non-12 step self recovery program.
SOS (Secular Organizations for Sobriety)
Non-religious alternative to 12-Step recovery.
Twelve Things to Do If Your loved One Is an Alcoholic
Tips for living with an alcoholic for long-term peace and inward strength.
What is Alcoholics Anonymous and Alanon
A condensed fact sheet on both organizations.
Who We Are
Facts about NCADA, our mission, what we do, and the services we offer.
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Prevention / Healthy Families
A Guide to Successful Family Meetings
See how family meetings can prevent problems and build good family relations.
Family Chemical Dependency Questionnaire
Does your family have any of these traits?
Family Relationships Need to Change for Successful Recovery
Be aware of these three functions alcohol serve in a family, plus the alcoholic’s families 2 core beliefs.
Family Violence and Substance Abuse
What is the connection?
Good Relationships with Your Children Can Help Prevent Alcohol and Drug Use
Prevention through discipline, love and time together.
MO Substance Abuse Prevention Resources Network
What it is and who benefits.
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Materials for Parents & Educators
Children’s Role Identified in the Dysfunctional Family
Learn how personality types emerge in a dysfunction family.
Delinquency Risk Factors
Learn individual, family, school and community risk factors.
How Can I Tell If My Child Is Using Alcohol Or Other Drugs
Questions for parents to consider.
If a Child from an Alcoholic Home Comes to You
Tips to guide the child and attitudes to maintain.
Risk Evaluation Tool for Parents
Don’t be afraid to ask your child these questions.
Signs of Adolescent Substance Use
Problems Includes signs and behaviors that may indicate drug use in youth.
Talking to Your Children About Drug Abuse
Watch for the warning signs and talk to your kids about drugs. For more info on what parents can do, go to Parent Power.
Teen Drinking, Drugging and Driving
Learn about drugged driving facts and three high-risk populations.
Ten Steps to Help Your Preteen Say No
Guidelines for good parenting and alcohol/drug prevention.
Trends in Adolescent Substance Abuse
Read the most recent statistics in adolescent substance use.
Trouble Signals Checklist
A helpful resource for concerned parents.
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Materials for Youths & Teens
AA Young People (Age 15-25) & Newcomer Meetings
Local St. Louis groups – updated periodically.
Children’s Role Identified in the Dysfunctional Family
Learn how personality types emerge in a dysfunction family.
Drinking and Driving - Facts for Teens
Designed for teens with latest statistics, facts and more.
Drug Testing...One Test Teens Don't Want To Fail
Think failing a drug test is no big deal? THINK AGAIN! Failing a drug test can cost teens their future.
How to Confront an Abusing Friend
Reason for doing so, what to do, and what not to do.
Signs of Adolescent Substance Use
Problems Includes signs and behaviors that may indicate drug use in youth.
Teen Drinking, Drugging and Driving
Learn about drugged driving facts and three high-risk populations.
What Should Teens Do When an Adult Has a Problem
What to do tips for teens worried about an adult drinking/drugging.
Youth, Alcohol, and Other Drugs
A condensed fact sheet on how alcohol and other drugs affect youth.
Youth Drinking/Drugging Questionnaire
Questions on actions and feeling for teens who use alcohol and other drugs.
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Tobacco / Smoking
Chemicals in Cigarettes
109 toxic chemicals you inhale.
Smoking & Youth
"Did you know?" facts worth mentioning.
Nicotine Anonymous Meetings
Schedule of local meetings for nicotine anonymous.
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