Addiction/Symptoms
A persistent, habitual use of alcohol.
What is Alcoholism or Alcohol Addiction.
The condition of being physically and mentally dependent on a substance.
What is addiction?
We admitted we were powerless over our substance and our lives have become unmanageable.
What is step one?
You receive advice or guidance, especially as solicited from this type of knowledge person.
What is counselor or therapist?
The average person entering treatment, makes ___ attempts at treatment before obtaining long term sobriety.
13
A gradual using more of the product to achieve the same effects as the first use.
What is tolerance?
Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
What is step ten?
A set of guiding principles outlining a course of action for recovery from addiction, compulsion, or other behavioral problems.
What is a twelve-step program?
This substance used to be legal and was marketed as a cough suppressant.
What is heroin
Abnormal physical or psychological features that follow the abrupt discontinuation of a drug that has produced a physical dependence.
What is withdrawal symptoms?
A guide/mentor, fellow recovering addiction that volunteers time to help others.
What is a sponsor?
Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
What is step eight?
This person is an employee of Westwood but is able to relate well to your struggles with addiction due to experiencing some of the same struggles. (Hint: state their title).
Peer Recovery Coach
A feeling like everything in life is dull or grey that is commonly experienced by those in recovery is...
What is Anhedonia?
Long term effects of this substance used are: addiction, respiratory failure, vomiting, death, drowsiness, reduction of pain, constipation
What are opiates?
What is withdrawal
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
What is step four?
Information or an emergency kit to help an individual from using again. This kid could include 12 step information, important phone numbers and meetings, healthy recreation activities, outpatient treatment.
What is a relapse prevention plan?
H.A.L.T stands for ____ and should be used during high risk relapse situations.
Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired
Long term effects of this substance used are: bone marrow damage, liver and kidney damage, blackouts, limb spasms, hearing loss, loss of brain cells.
What are inhalants?
FAS stands for _____?
Fetal Alcohol syndrome
Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
What is step nine?
Early Recovery Skills, Relapse Prevention Group, Family Education Group, Social Support Group, Men's and Women's recovery Group are all part of this program.
Intensive Outpatient or Drug Court Program
The phase of recovery in which one feels everything is going great and you often feel you are "cured"
What is the Honeymoon?