Facts
Most common addiction across the nation...
What is alcohol?
68% of Americans aged 18 and older used alcohol in the last year.
What is Step 7 of NA and AA?
Ask for Help – Humbly request the higher power to remove shortcomings and provide strength for improvement
Feelings of worry, uneasiness, or dread...
What is Anxiety?
This coping skill involves replacing negative thoughts with more realistic and positive ones
Positive Self Talk
What is the term for anything that increases the urge to use substances?
What is a trigger?
Is the fastest addicting drug...
What is Nicotine?
Something greater than yourself in recovery
HIGHER POWER
Feelings of extreme sadness, shame, guilt and/or dispair...
What is Depression?
This coping strategy encourages you to focus on the present moment rather than worrying about the past or future.
Mindfulness
People, places, smells, events, money, substances. Are examples of what kind of trigger?
External triggers
Substance with a high death rate in the U.S., higher than suicide
What is Fentanyl?
What is STEP 5 in NA/AA
Integrity
What healthy habit improves concentration, mood, memory, and mental health?
8 hours of sleep
What does HALT stand for
Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired
What is the purpose of identifying triggers before they occur?
To prepare healthy responses and reduce relapse risk.
Process by which the body rids itself of a drug...
What is Detoxification?
Person who guides you through the steps and principals.
What is a sponsor?
What term is used when someone has both a mental health disorder and a substance use disorder?
What is a co-occurring disorder (dual diagnosis)?
What are the 4 C's of recovery?
What does "one day at a time" mean in recovery?
Focusing on staying sober today rather than becoming overwhelmed by the future.
With continued substance abuse, the brain will stop producing this brain chemical that enables pleasure..
What is Dopamine?
What is the name of the AA book?
The Big Book
Stress disorder AFTER traumatic event...
What is PTSD?
When a craving occurs, focusing on it without acting on it and watching it pass is known as what?
Urge Surfing
Which stage of relapse involves thinking about using but not actually using?
What is mental relapse?