Symptoms
Duration
Coping Skills
Drugs
Resources
100
This is a rapid change in mood.
What is a mood swing?
100

The amount of time during which an individual experiences consistent physical symptoms (known as acute withdrawal) lasts for a few _____.

What is a few weeks?

100

The ability to stay calm and not react impulsively during stress or cravings.

What is patience?

100

This depressant can cause anxiety, insomnia, and mood swings during PAWS.

What is Alcohol?

100

A person you should contact when PAWS symptoms make you want to isolate or relapse.

What is a sponsor/support person/recovery peer?


200
A feeling of nervousness or worry.
What is anxiety?
200

The period after acute withdrawal when symptoms continue for weeks, months, or longer.

What is post acute withdrawal (paws)?

200

A daily routine or schedule that helps reduce chaos and stabilize mood during PAWS.


What is structure/routine?


200
This category of drug in moderate doses relieves pain and causes a sense of drowsiness but side effects of abuse include a sense of euphoria, respiratory depression, paranoia, and constipation.
What are opiates?
200

A recovery fellowship many people use for support during PAWS symptoms and cravings.

What is AA or NA?

300
Easily annoyed or made angry.
What is irritability?
300
Post acute withdrawal lasts for approximately ___ years.
What is 2 years?
300
Personal individual health maintenance with the intention of improving or restoring well-being.
What is self-care?
300
A tall annual dioecious plant native to central Asia and having alternate, palmately divided leaves and tough bast fibers.
What is cannabis?
300

A recovery professional someone may talk to when PAWS symptoms begin affecting their mental health or recovery.  

What is a therapist/counselor?


400
An inability to focus or pay attention.
What is poor concentration?
400
A PAWS episode lasts for approximately this long.
What is a few days?
400

A coping skill used to calm the mind and body during stress or cravings.

What is relaxation/deep breathing/meditation?

400

This stimulant is known for causing severe crashes, depression, and lack of motivation during PAWS.

What is cocaine?

400
The goal of creating a strategy to deal with cravings and triggers.
What is relapse prevention?
500
The disruption of a normal bodily function measured in circadian rhythms.
What is disturbed sleep?
500
The term used to describe when the symptoms of post acute withdrawal syndrome (PAWS) come and go.
What is intermittent PAWS?
500

A coping skill using the 5 senses to help reduce anxiety during PAWS.

What is grounding?

500

This drug category includes Xanax, Klonopin, Ativan, and Valium and may cause severe anxiety and seizures during withdrawal.

What are benzodiazepines?

500

A medication that can reverse an opioid overdose if relapse occurs during a PAWS episode.

What is Narcan/Naloxone?

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