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-Uncontrollable craving for a substance
-Loss of Control, use despite negative consequences
-Chronic biological brain disease, psychological and physical dependence
What is Addiction?
People, Places, and things can be what?
What are triggers?
A group of symptoms that occur when a dependent person stops taking a drug
What is withdrawal?
Drawing, Writing, and Meditation are all examples of what?
What are coping mechanisms?
The amount of alcohol in a persons blood, measured in a percentage
What is a persons BAC?
What year was Suboxeone released?
What is the year 2002?
A desire or dream that you try to achieve in a certain amount of time
What are goals?
The acronym PAWS, in relation to treatment for addiction, stands for?
What is Post acute withdrawal syndrome?
Family, Sober Friends, Group members are all part of what?
What is a support system?
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference
What is the serenity prayer?
These substances speed up a person's heart rate and can increase alertness
What are stimulants?
What does H.A.L.T. Stand for?
What is hungry, angry, lonely, or tired?
Alcohol withdrawal can result in "The DTs". What does DT stand for?
What is Delirium tremens?
Medical doctors, therapists, You, and nurses are all part of what?
What is a treatment team?
Which step asks you to make a searching and fearless moral inventory of your past?
What is step 4?
A major disease that can result from chronic alcohol abuse
What is cirrhosis of the liver?
The first stage of treatment
What is Detox?
the user, family, parents, siblings, coworkers are who?
Who are those affected by substance abuse?
______________ is the pleasure chemical in our brain that plays a major role in substance abuse and addiction
What is Dopamine?
Our brain learns by ________ and ________
What is repetition and reward?
What US Government organization conducted numerous tests with LSD on humans (Many of these tests were unethical)?
What is the CIA?
Which of the following is the best program of treatment for someone addicted to opiates? Please choose one of the following:
What is individualized treatment?
Diacetylmorphine is more commonly called?
What is heroin?
MAT stands for?
What is medication assisted treatment?
____________ is the fastest addicting substance
What is nicotine?