Early Recovery
Returning to substance use after a period of abstinence or recovery.
Relapse
oversees the sober living environment, enforce house rules, promote accountability, and support residents in maintaining sobriety and working toward independent living.
House Manager
AMA
against medical advice
addresses physical withdrawal and stabilization, while ongoing treatment addresses the emotional, psychological, and behavioral aspects of addiction.
detox
This actor played Iron Man in the Marvel movies and overcame a history of drug addiction.
Robert Downey Jr
Anything that causes a person to experience thoughts, feelings, or cravings that may increase the risk of returning to substance use.
Trigger
Returning to substance use after a period of abstinence or recovery.
Relapse
UA
Urinalysis
Healthy strategies or behaviors used to manage stress, emotions, cravings, and difficult situations without engaging in unhealthy or harmful behaviors.
Coping Skills
This actor starred in A Star Is Born and has publicly discussed getting sober in 2004.
Bradley Cooper
A substance-free housing environment that provides structure, accountability, and peer support for individuals working toward long-term recovery.
Sober Living
A screening process used to detect substances in the body. It helps monitor substance use, promote accountability, and support an individual's recovery progress.
Drug Test
PCP
primary care physician
HLOC
higher level of care
This actor, known for The Silence of the Lambs, has discussed overcoming alcoholism and has maintained sobriety for decades.
anthony hopkins
Healthy strategies or behaviors used to manage stress, emotions, cravings, and difficult situations without engaging in unhealthy or harmful behaviors.
Coping Skills
a medication that reverses an opioid overdose by blocking opioid effects and helping restore normal breathing.
Narcan
PRN
Pro Re Nata
a treatment process that helps individuals understand their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors while developing healthy coping skills and strategies to maintain recovery.
therapy
This actress from Halloween has openly discussed her recovery from an addiction to prescription pain medication and her decades of sobriety.
jamie lee curtis
A strong desire or urge to use drugs or alcohol, which can occur during recovery and may be triggered by emotions, people, places, or situations.
Craving
A trained individual with lived recovery experience who provides peer support, encouragement, guidance, and recovery resources to help residents maintain sobriety and work toward long-term recovery.
PRS
PAWS
post acute withdrawal syndrome
Helps individuals recognize and change unhealthy thought patterns and behaviors.
CBT
This Jackass star overcame drug and alcohol addiction and became an advocate for sobriety.
Steve O