Triggers
Something that increases cravings or urges to use substances.
What is a trigger?
A group for people who have a desire to stop using drugs or alcohol. Ex. NA, AA, CA….etc.
What is a12 Step Fellowship?
The part of the body that is most affected by addiction.
What is the Brain?
This is something we need to set with those around us to protect our own recovery.
What are Boundaries?
The various symptoms that occur after a person abruptly reduces or stops long-term use of a drug.
What are Withdrawal Symptoms?
True or False: You can always control whether or not you have thoughts of using or cravings.
False.
This slogan reminds members to continue returning even after struggles, relapse, etc.
What is "Keep Coming Back"?
The pleasure chemical in our brains that plays a major role in substance abuse and addiction
What is dopamine?
Strategies and techniques that help individuals deal with stress, cravings, and difficult emotions.
What are Coping Skills?
These problems can be caused by alcohol or drug use, affecting people's freedom and money.
What are Legal Problems?
Environmental events and situations that make you want to use drugs or drink alcohol. This can be anything from certain social situations, responsibilities, and even specific places that trigger your desire to use again.
What are External Triggers?
A consistent meeting for support, accountability, and connection.
What is a homegroup?
A medicine that rapidly reverses an opioid overdose.
What is Narcan (Naloxone)?
This can consist of any combination of family, friends, group members, sponsor, and/or peers from meetings that help you in your recovery.
What is a Support Network?
Examples are: Ourselves, Family, Children, Co-workers, Parents, Siblings, Friends, Community
Who are those affected by our use?
Emotional, psychological, and cognitive responses that come from within and often fuel substance cravings. Such as sadness, anger, guilt, shame, or anger.
What are Internal Triggers?
A person in recovery who helps guide another person through recovery/the steps.
What is a sponsor?
An opioid antagonist (blocks the effects of opioid drugs) that also reduces opioid and alcohol cravings
What is Vivitrol (Naltrexone)?
Healthy _______ is important in building healthy relationships.
What is Communication?
The chronic sense of unworthiness and inferiority make you believe that you aren’t worthy of love, respect – or even happiness. You become ashamed of who you are and, as a result, depression, hopelessness, and numbness become chronic.
What is Shame?
This approach involves engaging in alternative activities or hobbies to distract oneself from cravings and redirect focus.
What is engaging in healthy distractions or alternative activities?
Three indispensable spiritual principles in the 12 step fellowship are? (hint, think of H.O.W.)
What are Honesty, Open-Mindedness, and Willingness?
Lingering withdrawal symptoms that can occur weeks or months after stopping substance use.
What is Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS)?
Recovery requires building a new structure that supports sobriety instead of addiction. It is about changing the environment, behaviors, and patterns that kept addiction alive.
What do we have to change in recovery?
What are People, Places, and Things?
In 2025, roughly 70,000 Americans died from this.
What is a Drug Overdose?