Early Recovery
This increases as you continue to drink/use
What is Tolerance?
Someone who guides a newcomer through the process of 12 step groups
What is a Sponsor?
She made headlines in 1989 by going to rehab at just 13 and announcing she was an addict. From a famous, and famously troubled, acting family, she was 6 when the movie E.T. launched her career.She says she started drinking when she was 9, and quickly moved on to marijuana and cocaine. She spent her teenage years trying to overcome her notoriety and has since enjoyed success as an actress and producer.
Who is Drew Barrymore?
Drug use can increase the likelihood of contracting infections. True or false?
What is True?
The system used to conduct random medication counts and urine screens?
What is the "Color Card" or "Color of the Week"?
The feeling you get as a substance leaves your body and returns to its normal balance.
What is Withdrawal?
What does the acronym H.A.L.T. stand for?
What is..
Hungry
Angry
Lonely
Tired
She was a 17-year-old actress on family-friendly TV when, she says, she first used cocaine. As her singing career took off, so did her problems with drugs and alcohol. In 2010, she first sought treatment for addiction, along with mental health issues including bipolar and eating disorders. She has addressed her ongoing recovery in interviews, on social media, and in her music.
Who is Demi Lovato?
The chemical messenger released in the brain that reinforces drug use
What is Dopamine?
What does the acronym MAT stand for?
What is... Medication Assisted Treatment?
Feelings, individuals or situations that cause your brain to crave substances.
What are Triggers?
The step that relates to making a moral inventory
What is Step 4?
He won Academy Awards for Good Will Hunting and Argo and starred as Batman in the DC Comics franchise, has been open about his issues with alcohol. He went to rehab for the first time in 2001 and has called addiction “a lifelong and difficult struggle.” Following a stay at a treatment center in 2018, he said on social media, “If you have a problem, getting help is a sign of courage, not weakness or failure.”
Who is Ben Affleck?
Drug Addiction can:
A) Cause mental health issues
B) Develop because of pre-existing mental health issues
C) Does not effect mental health issues
D) A and B
What is D) A and B?
What phase of the MAT program allows you to come monthly for your counseling and medical appointments?
What is Phase 3?
Categorized as too comfortable or "unmotivated" to do the work.
What is Complacency?
12 Step programs are not religious based but they are ____?
What is Spirituality Based?
He was one of America’s best Friends from 1994 to 2004, but off-screen, he was struggling with alcohol and prescription drug use disorder. The actor says he got addicted to painkillers when he was prescribed them after a personal watercraft accident. The sitcom and movie star has sought treatment, and he says helping others is an important part of his own recovery.
Who is Matthew Perry?
Name 3 specific parts of the body that can be affected by drug use
What is the:
Brain
Heart
Liver
Kidneys
Mouth
Throat
Lungs
Skin
Bladder
Explain why counseling is a required and crucial portion of the MAT program
What is:
Therapy provides the individual with education regarding their addiction, relapse, and the recovery processes, and helps them learn about healthy coping and communication skills, as well as how to build and establish a supportive recovery network
Convincing yourself that it is okay to use or engage in addictive behaviors
What is Justification?
The only requirement to become a member of NA
What is The Desire To Stop Using?
The actress and children’s book author calls recovery from alcohol and drug addiction the greatest single accomplishment of her life. She says she became addicted to prescription painkillers she was given after a cosmetic procedure. She credits her recovery to the program she entered and the support of others in similar situations. Curtis is an outspoken advocate for drug misuse awareness and changes in opiate policy.
Who is Jamie Lee Curtis?
Name 3 mental health disorders the co-occur with substance abuse
What is:
Anxiety and mood disorders
Schizophrenia
Bipolar Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder
PTSD
ADHD
An emergency opioid overdose reversal kit designed to promote safety by assuring that individuals have life-saving, on-demand training when and where they need it. Created in Huntington,WV.
What is The Onebox?