Workshop 1: Intro Exercise

1. The Overarching Goal of the Workshop Program is:
a) to build a reproducible Community Model
b) to foster the development of Community Understanding, Compassion, and Individual
Member Resources,
c) to better support its Community Citizen Patients suffering from the disease of addiction”
d) to stress that we need to be patient until the Federal resources and services are fully in place
e) to stress that we need to be patient until the State resources and services are fully in place
f) items a., b., and c. above

2. The Story that was used to illustrate how a Community Model might work was entitled?
a) “If I Only Had a Brain”
b) “The Cheese and the Six Mice”
c) “The Hole and the Seven Shovels”
d) “Dr. Haak Goes to Mars”
e) None of the above

3. When we tried to “Reframe” Who and What we were fighting, we:
a) instinctively thought of fighting the “addict”, as they seem to be the ones to blame forthe problem
b) moved on to reframe our thoughts to fighting the “things/crimes” that they do
c) moved on to reframe our thoughts to fighting the “disease” that they have
d) moved on to reframe our thoughts to fighting to “better understand” the disease of addiction
e) All of the above

4. The Workshop Program has been organized into 4 general “Avenues to Help in
Understanding the Disease of Addiction”. These include:
a) Avenue 1: Sharing Dr. Haak’s Patient’s “Core Curriculum”
b) Avenue 2: Identifying More Effective Ways to “Punish the Addicts”
c) Avenue 3: Share a Brainstorming Exercise to Develop a Comprehensive
“Community Member Resource Organization”
d) Avenue 4: Share Training for Life-saving Overdose Kits
e) items a., c., and d. above

5. Topics to be covered in the Core Curriculum included:
a) the 2 Main Causes of Addiction
b) Understanding How Addicts Can Get Away With Their Crimes
c) Trying to Better Identify the Lies That Addicts Tell
d) the 2 Main Parts of the Brain Involved With Addiction
e) items a., and d. above

6. In Avenue 2, we will be looking at the life of Michael Test, so that we can:
a) figure out ways to block the tactics that addicts use to get drugs
b) experience what it might be like “walking in the shoes” of someone suffering from the disease of addiction
c) better figure out who the person was in Dr. Haak’s program
d) better identify a protocol to report addicts to the police and DCF
e) items a., and d. above

7. When looking at the “Life Matrix” of Michael Test, we are:
a) taking a look at his genetic makeup to determine what happened to make him an addict
b) looking at a comprehensive review of areas of his life that may be causing stress and concerns.
c) following real-life examples of how someone’s life challenges may help lead someone to develop the disease of addiction
d) considering real-life activities that we as individual community members could do to help support someone suffering from the disease of addiction
e) Items b., c., and d. above

8. In the Brainstorming Exercise, we are:
a) trying to come up with as many ideas as possible to support people suffering from addiction
b) identifying possible ways to support people who we may or may not personally know, that are suffering from addiction
c) challenging ourselves to be as creative as possible in identifying ways to help
d) trying to identify how we or others might be able to help in the different aspects of a patient’s Life Matrix
e) All of the above

9. The 3 steps highlighted in the Narcan Training in order are:
a) shake the person’s shoulders, call 911, administer Narcan
b) call 911, administer Narcan, ask the person what they took
c) identify the overdose, call 911, administer Narcan
d) administer Narcan, go through the person’s pockets looking for ID, call 911
e) identify the overdose, administer Narcan, call 911

10. What happens when you give Narcan to someone who doesn’t need it ?
a) They will have a heart attack
b) It will do no harm; the only function is to reduce the effect of an opioid overdose
c) It will remove any other substance from the receptors, including alcohol and cocaine
d) They will have instant withdrawal symptoms and possibly vomit or become hostile
e) The person may become very combative if they see a police officer

11. In participating in the 4 “Workshop Avenues” to help, we are:
a) taking a “Community Member Shovel”, and adding a shovel load or two, to help fill the “Community Hole of Addiction”
b) most likely wasting our time, as this idea is too big and is “Impossible” to accomplish
c) taking an active community role in helping to fight the disease of addiction
d) learning the skills and actually obtaining the medication that may save someone’s life during an accidental overdose
e) Items a., c., and d. above

Workshop 1: Answer Sheet

Question 1: f) items a., b., and c. above

Question 2: c) “The Hole and the Seven Shovels”

Question 3: e) All of the above

Question 4: e) items a., c., and d. above

Question 5: e) items a., and d. above

Question 6: b) experience what it might be like in “walking in the shoes” of someone suffering from the disease of addiction

Question 7: e) Items b., c., and d. above

Question 8: e) All of the above

Question 9: c) identify the overdose, call 911, administer Narcan

Question 10: b) It will do no harm; the only function is to reduce the effect of an opioid overdose

Question 11: e) Items a., c., and d. above