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Uncontrollable craving for the drug -Loss of control -Use despite negative consequences - chronic, biological brain disease -Psychological dependence -Physical dependence all describe what?
Acceptable answers: Addiction, Substanse Use Disorder, or Substance Abuse.
A group for men and women who have a desire to stop using drugs or alcohol. Ex. NA, AA, CA….etc
Acceptable Answers: 12 Step Programs, 12 Step Fellowships, 12 Step Meetings.
1. People 2. Places 3. Things are considered what in recovery and treatment?
Acceptable Answers: Triggers
1) The user 2) Family 3) Children 4) Co-workers 5) Parents 6) Siblings 7) Friends 8) Community are examples of what in in regard to the addiction process?
Acceptable Answers: People who are affected, those who are supportive, those who enhance changes of recovery.
1. Medical doctors 2. Nurses 3. Psychologists 4. Educators 5. Social Workers 6. Occupational Therapists 7. Recreational Therapists 8. Music Therapist 9. Clergy 10. YOU 11. Counselors are all part of a ________ team.
Acceptable Answers: Treatment
Information or an emergency kit to help an individual from using again. This kit could include 12 step information, important phone numbers, healthy recreational activities to participate in, and plans for high risk situations.
Acceptable Answers: Relapse Prevention Plan or Recovery Plan, Crisis Plan.
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Is called what?
Acceptable Answers: Serenity Prayer
A desire, dream, or accomplishment that you want to complete in a certain amount of time, no matter the costs. Normally these are either short term or long term.
Acceptable Answers: Goal
1) Lowered inhibitions 2) Decreased control over motor skills 3) Inability to concentrate and focus 4) Addiction 5) Heart attack; stroke 6) Liver failure; cirrhosis 7) Kidney disease 8) Blackouts are consequences of using what substance?
Acceptable Answers: Alcohol
Often the first stage and also the most intensive stage of treatment? (Think brick and mortal treatments)
Acceptable Answers: Detox or Detoxification
What is it called when you continue to use a substance and its effect on a person diminishes?
Acceptable Answer: Tolerance
Which step asks you to make a searching and fearless moral inventory of your past?
Acceptable Answers: 4th Step
Some high-risk situations to avoid are to not let yourself get too hungry, angry, lonely or tired. What can help you remember these circumstances?
Acceptable Answer: Acronym H.A.L.T.
1. Addiction 2. Respiratory failure 3. Vomiting 4. Death 5. Drowsiness 6. Reduction of pain 7. Diarrhea 8. Very uncomfortable withdrawal are consequences of using what substance?
Acceptable Answer: Opiates
For the best chance of staying sober, what is the MINIMUM length of time a person should stay in treatment?
90 Days
What is the pleasure chemical in our brains that plays a major role in substance abuse and addiction
Acceptable Answer: Dopamine
What are considered the three indispensable spiritual principles in the 12-step fellowship are? Acronym: H.O.W.
Honesty, Openmindedness, Willingness
Establishing a stable pattern of happiness and contentment in one’s life with reduction or elimination or use is the definition of what?
Acceptable Answer: Recovery, Addiction recovery.
The following problems occur because of the use of what substance? -Increase in violence and aggression -Addiction -Drug-induced psychosis -Increase in Respiratory problems -Increase in cardiovascular problems -Risk for HIV, HEP C and TB -Damage to physical appearance
Acceptable Answers: Methamphetamine/Cocaine
What is the least intensive form and often the last stage of substance use treatment?
Acceptable Answers: Outpatient
What part of the brain is recovery found? It also includes rational decision making, morals and values, and spirituality.
Acceptable Answer: Frontal Cortex or Cortex
Who are the co-founders of Alcoholics Anonymous?
Acceptable Answers: Bill W. and Dr. Bob, Bill and Bob, Bill Wilson and Bob Smith
To find stability and happiness in recovery what are likely the most important skill to learn?
Acceptable Answers: Emotional (Regulation), Emotional Tolerance.
The three end results of addiction...Often discussed in 12 Step recovery.
Acceptable Answers: Jails, Institutions, and Death
What are the two main types of treatment sessions in substance use treatment?
Acceptable Answer: Groups and Individuals.