Recovery Support
One of the first requirements for recovery
What is Acceptance of the problem
Abstinence from the problem
Willingness to follow recommendations
Addiction is a _____________ disease
What is progressive?
Withdrawal from this substance can cause agitation, fever, hallucinations, seizures, and severe confusion.
What is Alcohol?
This short cartoon video was shown to show the stages of addiction.
Nugget
There is a bullshit button in her office
Who is Stacey
Name three of over 30 separate 12-Step based Fellowships?
What are Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, and Gambler's Anonymous are all examples of programs with this type of format that can support you in recovery.
Addiction is a disease of the ________
Brain / MIND
Withdrawal from this substance can cause anxiety, muscle aches, increased tearing, insomnia, runny nose, sweating, and yawning.
What is an Opiate?
Names some mindfulness techniques
Deep Breathing; PMR; Meditation
Name the 4 therapists in IOP
Stacey, Chris, Teresa, & Melissa
Names of websites / apps to get access to online recovery meeting
In the Rooms
Everything AA
Addiction can alter your ________
Brain structure ei Neurotransmitters
These are described as our internal mental filters or biases that increase our misery, fuel our anxiety, and make us feel bad about ourselves
Cognitive Distortions
An addict who is abstaining, meaning he or she has stopped drinking or drugging altogether, but they are still exhibiting many of the same behaviors as when they were still drinking alcohol and using.
Dry Drunk
According to SAMHSA, _____ % of all people with a drinking or drug problem are employed. With none of them living on the street.
What is 75 percent. Within 10% you get the points
A symbol that can be picked up at a 12-step recovery meeting, that represents someone's desire to find a new way of living other than addiction.
What is a white chip / token?
________ are a set of impairments that can persist for weeks or months after the abstaining from a substance of abuse.
PAWS (Post Addictive Withdrawal Syndrome)
This process represents how something happens Trigger- Thought- Behavior- Action- Consequence
What is a behavior chain?
What is the difference between cravings and urges?
Craving – Desire to experience the positive effects of alcohol or drugs, possibly triggered by some bodily sensations or thoughts.
40.3 million people aged _________ or older had a substance use disorder (SUD) in 2020—with 28.3 million struggling with an alcohol use disorder (AUD) and 18.4 million dealing with an illicit drug use disorder (DUD).1
What is 12 years of age
What are the five things suggested for recovery?
Meetings (staying in contact); Sponsorship; Working Steps; Meditation (spirituality); NOT USING
100 points for each right answer
____________is the key neurotransmitter in determining addiction and responsible for reward pathways
Dopamine!! The neurotransmitter dopamine is responsible for incentive, reward and motivation in addiction. Drugs of abuse activate reward pathways, releasing excessive dopamine.
Is a state in which individuals remember the past with “rose-colored glasses.” This addictive thinking exaggerates a positive experience but fails to bring up the negative side—all of the good, none of the bad.
What is Euphoric Recall?
In Dr Silkworth's opinion, the action of alcohol on chronic alcoholics manifests in a type of allergy or ___________________, that compels the drinker to keep drinking into intoxication, blackout and eventually unconsciousness.
Phenomenon of Craving.
Out of 181,000 residents, Evansville recorded 106 overdose deaths in 2021. What percentage was related to Fetanyl?