12 Steps
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Serenity Prayer
- Uncontrollable craving for a drug
- Loss of control
- Use despite negative consequences
- Chronic Biological brain disease
Addiction
- Lowered Inhibitions
- Decreased Control over Motor Skills
- Liver Failure
- Blackouts
- Addiction
Alcohol
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
Treatment Team
People, Places, Things
Triggers
Make direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
9th Step
Pleasure chemical in our brains that plays a major role in substance abuse and addiction.
Dopamine
- Impaired cognitive abilities
- Memory problems
- Devastating Withdrawal
- Seizures
- Hallucinations
- Rebound Anxiety
Benzos
The quality or state of being conscious or aware of something
Mindfulness
HUNGRY, ANGRY, LONELY, TIRED
HALT
What year was AA formed?
1935
Term for cluster of ongoing withdrawal symptoms, which are largely psychological and mood related that continue after withdrawal symptoms have gone away.
PAWS
- free base form of cocaine that can be smoked
Crack Cocaine
* This health professional helps educate you on healthy, safe, physical activities that you can become involved in. * They also help you integrate healthy activities into your daily life
Recreational Therapist
Technique of careful listening and observation of non verbal cues, with feedback in the form of accurate paraphrasing that is used in counseling, therapy, and solving disputes or conflicts.
Active listening
What steps are considered the maintenance steps?
10-12
Believe it or not, many people fail to remain sober after rehab. In most cases, they haven't reached out for the proper support before falling for "triggers." What is the percentage of individuals that relapse within a year of treatment?
85%
- Bone marrow damage
- Liver and kidney damage
- Limb spasms
- Loss of brain cells
- Blackouts
Inhalants
For the best chance of staying sober, what is the MINIMUM length of time a person should stay in treatment?
90 DAYS!
International non profit organization that provides assistance to individuals seeking abstinence from addiction. This approach is secular and science based, using cognitive behavioral therapy and non confrontational motivational methods.
SMART RECOVERY
Trust God, Clean House, .... ......
Help Others
Serving as a universal authority for psychiatric diagnosis: Diagnostic + Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders- 5th Edition. What is this commonly referred to?
DSM 5
Around how many people died from opiate overdoses in 2020?
69,710
Psycho-social intervention that aims to improve mental health.. this focuses on improving emotional regulation, the development of personal coping strategies that target solving current problems, and changing mental distortions and behaviors.
CBT
Our brain learns by _______ and _______
Repetition and reward