Matrix Model
The use of medications to treat a substance use disorder
What is Medication-Assisted Treatment?
When someone feels unsafe even when no threat is present, this may be a sign of what trauma-related condition
What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Anything — an event, person, place, thought, feeling, or situation — that prompts a strong emotional, mental, or physical reaction, often linked to past trauma, stress, or addictive behaviors.
What is a trigger?
This is the literature used in Alcoholics Anonymous
What is the Big Book
This person struggled with substance use for many years but eventually turned his life around through rehab, therapy, and sustained recovery. He starred in blockbuster films like Iron Man, The Avengers, Sherlock Holmes, and Chaplin.
Who is Robert Downey Jr.
To understand and deal with addiction, think of your brain as having two very powerful yet different parts, what are they?
What is higher and lower or rational and emotional?
Many people who have experienced trauma begin using substances as a way to cope with painful emotions or memories. What is this behavior called?
What is self-medicating?
A strategy, behavior, or technique that a person uses to manage stress, difficult emotions, cravings, or challenging situations in a healthy and constructive way.
What is a Coping Skill
AA was founded in this U.S city in 1935.
What is Akron, Ohio?
This artist, born Jason DeFord, rose from a troubled past involving addiction and incarceration to become a chart-topping country and rap crossover star. His hit songs include “Son of a Sinner” and “Need a Favor.”
Who is Jelly Roll?
In the criminal justice version of the Matrix Model, there are five phases. Can you name two of these phases?
Orientation
Early Recovery Skills
Relapse Prevention
Family Education
Adjustment
People who have experienced trauma are at higher risk for what behavior
Substance use or Addiction?
The transfer, sharing, selling, or use of prescribed MAT medications (such as buprenorphine, methadone, or naltrexone) by someone other than the person for whom the medication was prescribed.
What is Diversion?
Narcotics Anonymous was founded in this decade
What is the 1950s.
Addiction was a lifelong battle for this Star Wars actress. She often spoke and wrote about her experiences with drug and alcohol use disorder and recovery, as well as her bipolar disorder
What does the Matrix Model call the period of struggle or resistance in recovery where extra support and coping strategies are needed to continue progress?
What is The Wall?
When a person is dealing with both substance use challenges and trauma or other mental health conditions at the same time, what is this called?
What are co-occurring disorders?
The tendency of a person to relapse into previous undesirable behaviors, such as criminal activity, substance use, or other maladaptive behaviors, after having received treatment or punishment
What is recidivism?
This is a type of meeting that focuses on inspiration and learning from someone's experience
What is a speaker meeting
In 2021, this person released a documentary series titled Dancing with the Devil, which delves into the details of her overdose and the subsequent path to recovery
Who is Demi Lovato
This publishing agency developed The Matrix Model for Criminal Justice Settings?
What is Hazelden
When someone is reminded of a traumatic event, their body may react in automatic ways to feel safe. Name three out of the four common stress responses
What is flight, fight, freeze, fawn
This is an example of what thinking error:
I feel ___ therefore it must be real.
What is emotional reasoning?
Who was the founder of Narcotics Anonymous
Who is James Kinnon or "Jimmy K."
He was one of America’s best Friends from 1994 to 2004, but off-screen, he was struggling with alcohol and prescription drug use disorder. The actor said he got addicted to painkillers when he was prescribed them after a personal watercraft accident. He died in 2023 due to an overdose
Who is Matthew Perry