Vocabulary
continued use of alcohol and/or drugs despite being aware of the negative consequences of one's use
What is loss of control
1) The user 2) Family 3) Children 4) Co-workers 5) Parents 6) Siblings 7) Friends 8) Community
What is those affected by substance use
Skillset of recognizing, responding to, and effectively managing experiences of being triggered/urged to use alcohol and/or drugs
What is coping
the pharmaceutical company that legally produced and advertised Heroin in 1912
What is Bayer
What city was A.A. founded in?
What is Akron
a person's refusal to admit or accept that they are an alcoholic/addict?
What is denial
For the best chance of staying sober, what is the MINIMUM length of time a person should stay in treatment?
What is 90 days
A brief use of alcohol and/or drugs after a period of abstinence
What is Lapse
Any drug that increases the body's activity
What is stimulant
The only requirement for A.A. membership
What is a desire to stop using
name 2 of the defining characteristics of addiction as a disease
What is chronic, progressive, incurable, treatable, relapsing, pervasive
A primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory and related circuitry is referred to as ____.
What is addiction
Keeping familiar faces, places, and things in the back of your mind (for example: having continued conversations with someone who is still in active addiction or even going to a bar just to hang out)
What is reservations
class of psychoactive drugs that act as minor tranquilizers; they produce sedation and muscle relaxation
What is benzodiazepines
In what step do we make amends wherever possible?
What is Step 9
Neurotransmitter in the brain responsible for motivation and pleasure that plays a major role in addiction
What is a Dopamine
How many adults in the U.S. have an addiction?
What is 23.5 million American adults (10% of population)
name 2 long-term health consequences of cocaine use
What is loss of sense of smell, extreme bowel decay, increased risk of HIV/Hepatitis C
What does autonomous mean?
What is self-governing
A feeling of persistent ill-will or bitterness toward things or people
What is resentment
Bone marrow damage, liver and kidney damage, blackouts, limb spasms, hearing loss and the loss of brain cells are consequences from abusing what type of drugs?
What is inhalants?
a drug that is produced by making a small chemical change to a drug that already exists
What is designer drug
The 4 absolutes of A.A.
What is honesty, unselfishness, purity, love