An urge to use
What is a craving
How long symptoms of PAW last
What is 1-2 years
Bonus: The Serenity Prayer as it was originally written
What is "God grand me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference"
Bonus: living one day at a time; enjoying one moment at a time; taking this world as it is and not as I would have it; trusting that You will make all things right if I surrender to Your will; so that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with You forever in the next. Amen.
− Reinhold Niebuhr
Minimum hours of sleep per night recommended for adults.
What is 7
When you first stop using you might experience this
What is withdrawal?
P.A.W
What is Post Acute Withdrawal?
Stay away from these 3 types of triggers
What are people, places, and things
The third leading cause of preventable death
What is alcohol?
95,000 people die annually due to alcohol consumption.
According to the behavior change process outlined by Dan and Chip Heath in their book Switch, the rider, the elephant, and the path are symbolize...
What is the rational mind (rider), motivation/emotions (elephant), and obstacles (the path)?
Half your grains should be this variety
What are whole grains?
Bonus: Give me 3 examples of whole grains
Wait until your at least a year sober before doing this.
What is dating?
H.A.L.T.
What is hungry, angry, lonely, and tired?
The 3 Stages of Relapse
What are 1) Emotional Relapse 2) Mental Relapse 3) Physical Relapse
This is a picture of what?

What is a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl?
The easiest part of a behavior chain to change
What are thoughts
The maximum recommended daily consumption for this is 36 grams per day for men and 24 grams per day for women.
What is ADDED sugar?
Bonus: How many grams of added sugar are in a can of Mt Dew?
The 12 Steps of A.A.
what are:
1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol — that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
CR
What is Celebrate Recovery?
Explain this picture in terms of relapse and recovery

boat = recovery
mooring lines = what you are doing to stay sober
relapse drift = what happens when you cut your mooring lines
What are 3 of your mooring lines?
These 3 drugs are responsible for most drug overdoses.
What are fentanyl (60%), Methamphetamine (25%), and Cocaine (20%)
Roughly 100,000 people in 2021. Methamphetamine and Cocaine are increasingly being cut with fentanyl. Notice what is not on the list.....
The CHANGES in the brain that can occur with repeated use of alcohol or drugs.
What are changes in the function of brain circuits involved in pleasure (the reward system), learning, stress, decision making, and self-control.
This is the current and most widely accepted model regarding the cause of addiction.
hint: what factors contribute to the development of an addiction?
What is the Bio-psycho-social model?
The Stages of Recovery
What are the Abstinence Stage, Repair Stage, and Growth Stage
A.N.Ts
What are automatic negative thoughts?
This page of the Big Book is often used for the purpose of 'continuing to take personal inventory'.
Hint: It begins with "when we retire at night we constructively review our day...."
What is pg. 86?
According to results of a study conducted by David Eddie, a research scientist at the Recovery Research Institute and Center for Addiction Medicine, this is the percentage of people who struggle with addiction that recover.
What is 75%
The Stages of Change
hint: there are 5
What are Pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance.
The 8 dimensions of Wellness according to SAMHSA?
Bonus Question: The mind maps we complete in class include the 8 dimensions of wellness + 2 additional dimensions. What are the 2 additional dimensions?
What are 1) physical 2) Emotional 3) Social 4) Occupational 5) Financial 6) Intellectual 7) Spiritual 8) Environmental
Bonus: Time and Family
The 5 Rules of Recovery according to the article "Relapse Prevention and the 5 Rules of Recovery"
What are
1) Change Your Life
2) Be Completely Honest
3) Ask For Help
4) Practice Self Care
5) Don't bend rules 1-4
S.M.A.R.T.
What is specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and Time Bound?