Addiction and the brain
Symptoms that can last up to 2 years include:
What is Post-Acute-Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS)?
Founded in 1953, this group uses a 12-step model developed for people with varied substance use disorders, and is the second-largest 12-step organization
What is Narcotics Anonymous
SUD
What is Substance Use Disorder
Traditionally has consisted of at least 9 hours of treatment per week, usually delivered in three 3-hour sessions
What is IOP
Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
What is Step 12
Medication assisted treatment
Behavioral therapy
Meditation
Exercise
Probiotics
Ways to increase Dopamine in the brain
This twelve-step program is for people who share a common desire to develop functional and healthy relationships.
What is Co-dependents Anonymous (CoDA)
HOW
What is Honest, Open-minded, Willing
SAMHSA defines it as this process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live self-directed lives, and strive to reach their full potential.
What is recovery
Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
What is Step 2
Drugs and addictive behavior work in this part of the brain
What is the midbrain
This international mutual aid fellowship is dedicated to abstinence-based recovery through its spiritually-inclined program.
What is Alcoholics Anonymous
GOD
What is Group of Drunks, or Good Orderly Direction
This process is broken down into three stages:
Emotional
Mental
Physical
What is relapse
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable.
What is Step 1
________________ is the pleasure chemical in our brains that plays a major role in substance abuse and addiction
What is dopamine?
This 12 step fellowship was started in the Annapolis area in the late 1970's.
What is Chemically Dependents Anonymous or CDA?
DSQ
What is Desire for Substances Questionnaire
In order to begin rewiring the brain's neural pathways it is suggested that the minimum length of treatment is_____
What is 90 days?
Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
What is Step 8
FIT Assessments
What is Feedback Informed Treatment
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
What is Step 4