Misc. Recovery
Effects of Substance Abuse
Acronyms
Fill in the _____
The Brain & Addiction
100

Thoughts, feelings, and memories that remind you of your substance use or the lifestyle around your substance use.

What are triggers?

100

When a toxic amount of a drug, or combination of drugs overwhelms the body

What is an overdose?

100

H.A.L.T.

What is Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired

100

______ is one letter away from Danger 

What is Anger?

100

Chemical messengers that transmit a signal from a neuron across the synapse to a target cell, which can be a different neuron, muscle cell, or gland cell. These are chemical substances made by the neuron specifically to transmit a message

What is a Neurotransmitter?

200

This is defined as doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting a different outcome

What is Insanity? 

200

Physical and mental symptoms that occur on ceasing use of the substance. This may result in anxiety, muscle aches and restlessness.

What is Opioid Withdrawal?

200

F.E.A.R.

What is False Evidence Appearing Real

200

If you do what you always did, you'll get what you ____  ____

What is Always Got?

200

Substance that is released predominantly from the ends of sympathetic nerve fibres and that acts to increase the force of skeletal musclecontraction and the rate and force of contraction of the heart. The actions of this neurotransmitter are vital to the fight-or-flight response, whereby the body prepares to react to or retreat from an acute threat.

What is Norepinephrine?

300

Methadone, buprenorphine, naltrexone, nicotine (patches, gum, lozenges, and nasal spray), varenicline(Chantix), bupropion(Wellbutrin), disulfiram(Antabuse), acamprosate(Campral), are all examples of what?

What is MAT OR Treatment medications?

300

Unpleasant symptoms that occur after excessive alcohol intake.

What is a Hangover?

300

H.O.W.  

What is Honesty, Open-mindedness, Willingness

300

Your _____ should never depend on another person’s opinion

What is Worth?

300

The key hormone that stabilizes our mood, feelings of well-being, and happiness in our brain. This hormone impacts your entire body. It enables brain cells and other nervous system cells to communicate with each other. It also helps with sleeping, eating, and digestion.

What is serotonin?

400

A medication used to block the effects of opioids. It is commonly used to counter decreased breathing in opioid overdose.

What is Narcan/Naloxone?

400

Term used to describe severe tooth decay and tooth loss, as well as tooth fracture, acid erosion, and other oral problems that are often symptomatic to extended use of the drug methamphetamine.

What is "Meth Mouth"?

400

C.B.T. 

What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 

400

There are two days in every week which we have no control over—-yesterday and tomorrow. _____ is the only day we can change.

What is Today?

400

This neurotransmitter plays a role in the brain’s pleasure and reward center, and it drives many behaviors. Eating certain foods, taking illicit drugs, and engaging in behaviors such as gambling can all cause this neurotransmitters levels in the brain to spike.

What is Dopamine?

500
  • Precontemplation (Not yet acknowledging that there is a problem behavior that needs to be changed)
  • Contemplation (Acknowledging that there is a problem but not yet ready, sure of wanting, or lacks confidence to make a change)
  • Preparation/Determination (Getting ready to change)
  • Action/Willpower (Changing behavior)
  • Maintenance 

What are the Stages of Change?

500

With continued substance abuse the brain will stop producing this brain chemical that enables pleasure

What is Dopamine?

500

H.O.P.E.

What is Hold On Pain Ends 

500

______ and resentment can’t go together.

What is Gratitude?

500

The chief inhibitory neurotransmitter in the developmentally mature mammalian central nervous system. Its principal role is reducing neuronal excitability throughout the nervous system. It is a valuable anti-anxiety neurotransmitter. 

What is GABA (Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid)?

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