Recovery Sayings
If you do what you always do, you'll get what you ____ ____
What is "Always Got"?
Which artist has albums named "Relapse" and "Recovery"?
Who is Eminem?
Pot, reefer, Mary Jane, weed, grass, etc.
What is marijuana?
An orchestrated attempt by one or many people – usually family and friends – to get someone to seek professional help with an addiction or some kind of traumatic event or crisis, or other serious problem.
What is an intervention?
A behavioral syndrome characterized by the repeated, compulsive seeking or use of a substance despite adverse social, psychological, and/or physical consequences, and a need for an increased amount of the substance, as time goes on, to achieve the same effect
What is addiction?
Cultivate an attitude of ____
What is "Gratitude"?
This female musician was asked to go to rehab and she declined. Thereafter, she died of a drug overdose.
Who is Amy Winehouse?
Ice, speed
What is methamphetamine?
A form of treatment where the patient lives in a recovery facility
What is Inpatient treatment
Many addicts have busy minds. Their thought processes spin out of control with negative thoughts, especially during times of stress. Meditation is one method used in the recovery process to quiet the mind, providing the addict’s mind and body with some peace.
What is the role of meditation in the recovery process?
Progress not _____.
What is "Perfection"?
This famous diva uttered the now famous phrase, "Crack is Wack"
Who is Whitney Houston?
Candy, crack, powder
What is cocaine?
A point in the treatment process where the user rids themselves of the drugs left in their body
What is detox?
Deeply held beliefs that influence how we interpret our experiences.
What are core beliefs?
It works if you ___ ___.
What is "Work It"?
This male musician died of an overdose and was married to another punk singer.
Who is Kurt Cobain?
Fairy dust
What is heroin?
A group of people in which the user may meet with frequently in a therapeutic session that share similar issues that help each other through the recovery process
What is a support group?
A person, place, thing or event that can result in psychological and then physical relapse.
What is a trigger?
We are only as sick as our ____.
What are "Secrets"?
The lead singer of this band wrote a book named "Scar Tissue" which highlighted his use of drugs and alcohol and subsequent recovery.
Who are Red Hot Chili Peppers?
Fetty, Dragon's Breath, TNT, Jackpot, etc.
What is Fentanyl?
Normal neurobiological event characterized by the need to increase the dose over time to obtain the original effect. (In other words, higher doses are needed to produce the same "high".)
What is tolerance?
Addiction alters the brain’s neurological functions. Once the substances or activities that lead to addiction have ceased, the addict still faces the possibility of cravings. These cravings, or neurological messages, are stimulated by triggers. According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, triggers are intense, urgent, or abnormal desires. Relapse prevention teaches the addict how to negotiate these cravings in life-affirming ways.
What is the role of meditation in the recovery process?