Someone to help guide you through the steps
What is a sponsor?
To fall back into a previous condition, especially after a partial recovery from illness.
What is relapse?
Most commonly abused drug across the nation...
Marijuana
Relapse is a process True or False
True;
3 Stages
>Emotional (bottling up feelings etc..)
>Mental (not working on emotions)
>Physical (The actual act of use.)
________________ is the pleasure chemical in our brains that plays a major role in substance abuse and addiction.
What is Dopamine?
This drug is still used as a localized, external anesthetic...
What is Cocaine?
Difference between Recovery and Sobriety
Sobriety is removing the substance.
Recovery is a process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live self-directed lives, and strive to reach their full potential.
For the best chance of staying sober, what is the MINIMUM length of time a person should stay in treatment?
What is 90 days.
Our brain learns by ________ and _________.
What is repetition and reward
6. Which two drug categories can be fatal when withdrawing?
Alcohol and Benzodiazepines
We are only ___ as our ____.
What is as sick as our secrets?
Feeling bored in recovery, smug, or not actively working recovery.
What is Complacency
Used to combat heroin/opiate overdose...
Narcan or Naloxone
5 skills you have learned in treatment to overcome cravings and triggers.
(this is a question with many answers. Must answer in form of question still). What is (are) a sponsor, a relapse prevention plan, laughter, service, work, being with family, hobbies etc.
What gives us the promise of change?
What is understanding?
With continued substance abuse the brain will stop producing this brain chemical that enables pleasure..
Dopamine
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
What is the Serenity Prayer?