Dawn Farm Policies and Procedures
Local Meetings
Acronyms
Spera House Rules
Drug/Alcohol Facts
100

This is an offsite AA meeting, often gone to in the afternoon.

What is the Alano Club?

100

This is what STR stands for.

What is Short-Term Residential?

100

This is served daily until 8:30a.

What is caffeinated coffee?

100
To politely yet firmly stand up for yourself when facing a trigger or difficult situation is called this.
What is assertiveness?
200

This is the assessment in which you are recommended to either stay at Spera, go to long-term, or transfer to another facility.

What is Level of Care (LOC)?

200
When combined with alcohol, there is a greater risk of overdose and sudden death than either drug alone.
What is cocaine? (Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse)
200

This is what ROI stands for.

What is a Release of Information?

200

This is how long phone calls are supposed to be.

How long is 5 minutes?

200
This recovery network was established in the 1940s and started in California. It asserts that its therapeutic value for aiding people in recovery is that the program is based on people helping people.
What is Narcotics Anonymous?
300

This medication helps against cravings with opiates and alcohol.

What is Naltrexone.

300

These two things should be occurring at each meeting.

What is 1. Getting support numbers and 2. Fellowshipping? 

300

This is what LOP stands for.

What is a Letter of Presence?

300

"Lights out" is scheduled at this time.

When is 11:30p?

300
After just one use, this drug can be seen in the brain and in toxicology screens for three to six weeks.
What is Marijuana?
400

This is how long your ROI is valid once signed (unless consent is revoked beforehand).

How long is 1 year?

400

This is how many in-house AA/NA Spera meetings happen.

How many is 

400

This is what THP stands for.

What is Transitional Housing Preparation?

400

Clients are not allowed in these areas during the day without staff permission.

Where is the dorms/kitchen?

400
This term refers to an emerging family of drugs containing one or more synthetic chemicals related to an amphetamine-like stimulant found naturally in the Khat plant. Some users experience paranoia, agitation, and hallucinations; some even display psychotic and violent behavior, and deaths have been reported in several instances.
What is "bath salts"? (Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse)
500

This detox medication is only permitted to be used in Spera on a taper.

What is Gabapentin?

500

This is what S.N.O.W., the Saturday night meeting, stands for.

What is Saturday Nite Open Winners?

500

This is what NSOR stands for.

What is Next-Step Outreach?

500

"Over" is to be called three times a day for these scheduled events.

What is Chores, Lunch, and Dinner?

500

This drug as an approved anesthetic in humans and was discontinued in 1965 because patients often became agitated, delusional, and irrational while recovering from its anesthetic effects.

What is PCP?

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