12-step
This was founded in Akron, Ohio, in 1935, with a chance meeting between two men, one a doctor and one a broker.
What is Alcoholics Anonymous?
1) The user 2)Family 3)Children 4)Co-workers 5)Parents 6)Siblings 7)Friends 8)Community
Who are those affected by substance abuse?
Uncontrollable craving for the substance; Loss of control; Use despite negative consequences; a chronic, biological brain disease; Psychological dependence and physical dependence
What is addiction?
Meditation, mindfulness, exercise, therapy, calling a sober friend, and thinking of consequences are all examples of this useful tool in recovery.
What are coping skills?
Withdrawal from this substance can cause agitation, fever, hallucinations, seizures, and severe confusion.
What is Alcohol?
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?
1)Lowered inhibitions 2) Decreased control over motor skills 3) Inability to concentrate and focus 4) Addiction 5) Heart attack; stroke 6) Liver failure; cirrhosis 7) Kidney disease 8) Blackouts
What are the consequences of alcoholism
1. People 2. Places 3. Things
What are triggers?
High-risk situations to avoid that include not to let yourself get too hungry, angry, lonely or tired. What acronym can help you remember these circumstances?
What is H.A.L.T.?
Withdrawal from this substance can cause anxiety, muscle aches, increased tearing, insomnia, runny nose, sweating, and yawning.
What is an Opiate?
Which step asks you to make a searching and fearless moral inventory of your past?
What is step four?
1. Addiction 2. Respiratory failure 3. Vomiting 4. Death 5. Drowsiness 6. Reduction of pain 7.Diarrhea 8. Very uncomfortable withdrawal
What are effects of pain killers/opiates
This is the process by which the addicted brain invents excuses that allow the person in recovery to edge close enough to relapse situations that accidents can happen.
What is relapse justification?
When a thought about using first begins, it is important to do this in order to prevent it from becoming an overpowering craving.
What is thought stopping?
Withdrawal from this drug can cause restless behavior, depressed mood, fatigue, increased appetite, vivid and unpleasant dreams and slowing of daily activity.
What is cocaine?
Live and let live, Keep it simple, One day at a time, Let go and let God are examples of what?
What are 12 step slogans?
The following problems occur because of what? -Increase in violence and aggression -Addiction -Drug-induced psychosis -Increase in Respiratory problems -Increase in cardiovascular problems -Risk for HIV, HEP C and TB -Damage to physical appearance
What is Methamphetamine/cocaine addiction
________________ is the pleasure chemical in our brains that plays a major role in substance abuse and addiction.
What is Dopamine?
People who abuse substances often feel that their lives are out of control. Maintaining control becomes harder and harder the longer they have been abusing substances. People do desperate things to continue to appear normal. Examples of these desperate behaviors are: lying, stealing, and behaving impulsively...
What are addictive behaviors?
Withdrawal from this substance can cause headache, fatigue, anxiety, irritability, depressed mood, and difficulty concentrating.
What is caffeine?
Three indispensable spiritual principles in the 12 step fellowship are? (HINT: HOW)
What are honesty, open-mindedness, and willingness.
_________ is feeling bad about wht you have done.
What is Guilt?
Triggers affect your brain and cause a physical response which is triggered by dopamine sensors. This cued response initiates substance seeking behavior.
What is a craving?
Information or an emergency procedure to help keep an individual from returning to active substance use. This procedure or plan could include 12 step information, important phone numbers, healthy recreational activities to participate in.
What is a relapse prevention plan?
Withdrawal from this substance can cause headaches, nausea, constipation or diarrhea, falling heart rate and blood pressure, fatigue, drowsiness, insomnia, iritability, difficulty concentrating, and anxiety.
What is nicotine?