Substances
Supports
Withdrawal
Overcoming
Vocabulary
100

A legal substance which causes intoxication and is a depressant.

What is alcohol?

100
A 12 step recovery group which helps with alcohol addiction.
What is Alcoholics Anonymous?
100
This drug is has the most physical withdrawal of all other drugs.
What is heroin?
100

A term that is used in 12 step recovery that helps put into perspective a new way to live and how you learn to live on a daily basis.

What is one day at a time?

100

HALT stands for _________________

What is hungry, angry, lonely, tired?

200
Something you smoke which contains the chemical THC.
What is marijuana?
200
A 12 step program that helps with addiction to drugs and also considers alcohol a drug.
What is Narcotics Anonymous?
200
This substance when used in excessive amounts, withdrawals consists of shakes, hallucinations and anxiety which is described as this term.
What is Delirium Tremens?
200

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?

200

This is the process by which the addicted brain invents excuses that allow the person in recovery to edge close enough to relapse situations.

What is Justification?

300
Something that can be smoked or snorted or injected and comes from coca leaves and is turned into this drug.
What is cocaine?
300

A group of people in which the user may meet with frequently in a therapeutic session that share similar issues that help each other through the recovery process

What is a support group?

300
The withdrawal of this legal drug is often considered harder to quit than heroin because of it's addictive nature.
What is tobacco?
300
A term that is used to describe what takes place when you learn to overcome your addiction
What is recovery?
300

A belief that there is something out there that can help you deal with your addictions.

What is Faith/Hope?

400
A drug that is highly addictive and is smoked or injected. It is commonly referred as down.
What is heroin?
400

God grant 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

What is the Serenity Prayer 

400
This drug is often prescribed to help with the withdrawals of heroin?
What is methadone?
400
Something you receive after a year of sobriety or clean time and is celebrated within the 12 step group.
What is a medallion and a cake?
400

A common reaction of people with substance use disorders who, when confronted with the existence of those disorders, deny that they have a substance abuse problem and/or have lost control of it.

What is a Denial?

500
A drug that is made from common household cleaners and is very addictive. It is very dangerous to make and causes hazardous waste.
What is crystal methamphetamine?
500

This can be a common warning sign of someone about to relapse, characterized by pushing others away

What is Isolation?

500
This type of withdrawal can come around 6-9 months and can even happen a year or two after quitting.
What is post acute withdrawal?
500

A mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique.

What is Mindfulness?

500
What you achieve by finding recovery from addiction and a peace of mind that comes with this.
What is serenity?
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