Most common addictive substance across the United States.
What is alcohol? The 2023 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) indicates that 28.9 million people aged 12 and older, or 10.2% of this population, battled an alcohol use disorder in the past year.
Process by which the body rids itself of a drug...
What is Detoxification or Withdrawal?
What does HALT stand for?
What is HUNGRY, ANGRY, LONELY, TIRED?
One of the fastest addicting drugs is...
What is Nicotine?
What is the stage of change where individuals are unaware of or deny the problem?
Precontemplation
A ____ is always necessary for an individual to take control of their future sobriety and avoid future relapse.
What is a Relapse Prevention Plan?
A return to substance use or addictive behaviors after a period of abstinence.
What is a Relapse?
Stress disorder AFTER traumatic event...
What is PTSD?
Abstinence from illicit drugs and alcohol with a commitment to a lifestyle of physical, mental, and emotional well-being and clear-headedness...
What is Sobriety?
They help us manage our emotions related to difficult times to improve emotional health and help us grow as people. Behaviors, attitudes, and approaches are...
What are Healthy Coping skills or tools?
Drugs in this category include cocaine, amphetamines and caffeine
What are Stimulants?
A powerful desire for something that usually passes.
What is a Craving?
Can be Internal, Sensory, and/or External. Is the biggest reason for relapse
What are Triggers?
Name an example of an external relapse trigger.
What is People, places, and things?
With continued substance use the brain will stop producing this brain chemical that enables pleasure...
What is Dopamine?
Our brain learns by _________ and _________
What is Repetition and reward
In group, the most important rule is
What is confidentiality?
A way to benefit from group is to
What is participate?
Recovery is a team effort with you at the head. Everyone else is part of your...
What is a Support System?
A way to show support for group members is to..
What is provide feedback, offer support, or encouragement?... to affirm common experience, others' strengths, and offer hope
The goal is P____ not P____
What is Progress not Perfection?
Meditation, mindfulness, exercise, therapy calling a sober friend, and thinking of consequences are all examines of this useful tool in recovery
What is a coping tool?
BSBB stands for . . .
Brothers and Sisters Behind Bars
Used to combat heroin/opiate overdose...
What is Narcan or Naloxone?
AA was founded in this year by this person
What is 1935, and who Bill Wilson?