Basic Recovery Questions
What is a powerful desire to use a substance?
Cravings
It ____ if you ____ it.
It works if you work it.
What is the technique often used in recovery to manage cravings by focusing on the present moment?
What is mindfulness or meditation?
71% of preventable opioid deaths occur among those ages18-25?
False. Ages 25-54.
What is where you use another activity in order to replace or substitute the feelings/results you used to get from using a substance.
Cross Addiction
What is the most regularly used addictive substance in the United States?
Alcohol
Progress not ______
Progress not perfection
What term describes situations, emotions, or events that may lead someone in recovery to return to substance use?
Triggers
Seven out of 10 preventable opioid overdose death victims are male?
True
What type of behavioral addiction is recognized in the DSM?
Gambling addiction
What organization uses a 12-step program to help individuals overcome addiction?
Alcohol Anonymous
One ___ at a ____.
One day at a time.
What does HALT stand for?
Hungry, angry, lonely, and tired
AUD is responsible for 95,510 deaths in the US each year?
What does PAWS stand for?
Post-acute withdrawal syndrome
What is the term for the condition where a person develops tolerance and experiences withdrawal symptoms when they stop using it?
This too _____ ______.
This too shall pass.
How long does it take to break a habit? (Give a range)
Ranges from 18-254 days
About 49.5% of alcoholics recover and stay sober?
False. 35.9%
What condition, often associated with heavy alcohol use, results in severe inflammation of the liver?
cirrhosis
What medication is commonly used to help individuals overcome opioid addiction?
Methadone, buprenorphine, suboxone
Take what _____ and _____ the rest.
Take what you like and leave the rest.
What are the five stages of change in recovery?
Precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance
After a young woman and a young man drink the same amount of alcohol, the woman will have a higher blood alcohol level?
True. This is because younger women produce less of the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase, which breaks down alcohol in the stomach.
This neurotransmitter, often associated with pleasure and reward, plays a central role in addiction
Dopamine