12 Steps
A group of people in which the user may meet with frequently in a therapeutic session that share similar issues that help each other through the recovery process
What is a support group
A person, place, thing or event that can result in psychological and then physical relapse.
Is nicotine a depressant, stimulant, narcotic or hallucinogen?
stimulant
A point in the treatment process where the user rids themselves of the drugs left in their body
Detox
Blood Alcohol Content represents the percentage of alcohol to blood.
What is BAC?
This person is a guide, a mentor, and a fellow recovering addict, who volunteers their time to help a newcomer in the 12-step program.
What is a sponsor?
What is an unwanted change in the body that is not related to the main purpose of a drug?
Side Effect
This drug causes side effects such as malnutrition, cancer of the mouth, esophagus and stomach, and birth defects.
What is Alcohol
For the best chance of staying sober, what is the MINIMUM length of time a person should stay in treatment?
What is 90 days
A slip from recovery where the patient returns back to their old habit/addictive behavior
A relapse
Which step asks you to make a searching and fearless moral inventory of your past?
What is step 4
This is a symptom that an alcoholic or addict is still suffering, and has not yet given themselves over to their Higher Power.
Denial
Compounds in this substance act on the same parts in the brain as THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana but can have strong, more detrimental effects including paranoia, anxiety and hallucinations.
Spice/K2
Some high-risk situations to avoid are to not let yourself get too hungry, angry, lonely or tired. What can help you remember these circumstances?
What is H.A.L.T
A glass of beer has the same alcohol content as ________.
What is a glass of wine or a shot of liquor.
Refraining from further drug use.
Abstinence
________________ is the pleasure chemical in our brains that plays a major role in substance abuse and addiction
What is Dopamine
This drug creates an immediate high that quickly fades. As a result, users often take it repeatedly, making it extremely addictive.
Methamphetamines
The effort to prove that our behaviors are valid or reasonable (examples include celebrations, boredom or "I've been clean long enough to do it just once."
Justification
This holiday has the highest number of drunken driving accidents.
What is Thanksgiving?
Three indispensable spiritual principles in the 12 step fellowship are? (hint, think of H.O.W.)
What are honesty, open-mindedness, and willingness
What is the term used when someone uses an illegal drug or intentionally misuses a prescription or OTC drug?
Drug Abuse
Alcohol causes your stomach to produce more _________.
What is acid
People in this stage may wish to change, but for the immediate future have no plans to do so.
Precontemplation
Our brain learns by ________ and _________.
What is repetition and reward