Detox
Alcohol withdrawal symptoms can appear within ___ hours after stopping alcohol.
What is 6-24 hours?
Alcohol withdrawal symptoms are most severe after 36-72 hours and can last for 2-10 days.
The most common type of aftercare program in substance use treatment.
What is OP/IOP(Intensive Outpatient Program)?
Treatment that is intended to remove toxic substances from the body.
What is detox?
"We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable."
What is Step 1?
There are approximately _____ people in the U.S. with a substance use disorder.
What is 20 million?
1 in 10 Americans report having resolved a significant substance use problem.
What medications are used for Opioid addiction treatment?
What are Buprenorphine, Suboxone, and Methadone.
How many days a week do people typically attend in an IOP program?
What is 3-5 days?
Typically for 3 hours a day.
This disorder is characterized by depression and anxiety as well as flashbacks. It is common among victims of crimes and people in the military.
What is PTSD?
“Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.”
What is Step 4?
The CDC estimated _____ drug overdose deaths in the U.S. during 2021.
What is 107,622?
Will take 100,000.
Withdrawal effects from fentanyl can be experienced in as few as ____ hours after last dosage.
What is 3 to 4 hours?
How many meetings are newcomers suggested to attend?
What is 90 in 90 days?
What 2 drug classes have the highest risk detox?
What is alcohol and benzodiazepines?
A fellowship which offers support to families of alcoholics.
What is Al-Anon?
Al-Anon is designed to help spouses, parents, siblings, and other family members.
An estimated _____ people die from alcohol-related causes each year.
Will take +/- 5000.
This makes alcohol the third-leading preventable cause of death in the United States. The first is tobacco, and the second is poor diet and physical inactivity.
What does PAWS stand for?
What is Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome?
PAWS may affect users for months, or even years.
Common symptoms of PAWS include:
Other symptoms may include:
A place where people who have completed treatment for drug or alcohol addiction can live and get support.
What is sober living or sober house?
The process of medical or psychotherapeutic treatment for dependency on psychoactive substances such as alcohol, prescription drugs, and street drugs such as cannabis, cocaine, heroin or amphetamines.
What is Rehab?
“Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.”
What is Step 8?
___ students in LA Unified have overdosed in the last month.
What is 7?
LAUSD will be providing narcan to all schools after the recent overdoses.
What is the term for when withdrawal symptoms are caused by medications used in substance abuse treatment.
What is Precipitated withdrawal?
Usually happens with Opioid withdrawal if used too soon.
What does PHP stand for?
What is Partial Hospitalization Program?
PHP's are typically more intensive than IOP programs. 3-5 days a week for 6 hours a day.
What are the 5 stages of change?
What is...
1. Precontemplation
2. Contemplation
3. Preparation
4. Action
5. Maintenance
"Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out."
What is Step 11?
There was a ___% increase in fentanyl deaths among kids between the ages of 11-17 years old from 2020-2021.
What is 300%?
These deaths account for 78% of all drug related deaths in that age group.