Addiction Terms
The process by which a poison or toxin is removed from the body while being medically supervised
What is Detox?
The name of the support group for family members of alcoholics.
What is Al-anon?
The major organ that is directly effected the most by substance abuse.
What is the Brain?
What step has you identifying what you need to change in your life?
What is Step 4? “We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.”
This Actor/Comedian who sadly committed suicide in 2014 who struggled with addiction and mental health.
Who is Robin Williams?
Behaviors characterized by the repeated, compulsive seeking or use of a substance despite consequences and the need for more of the substance as time goes on.
What is addiction?
Feelings, individuals, smells or situations that cause your brain to crave substances.
What is a trigger?
It is believed that the Brain finishes developing once you reach this age.
What is 25?
The Step that requires admission of powerlessness.
What is Step 1?
The Singer/Songwriter of Piano Man who struggled with alcohol abuse for years before entering Rehab.
Who is Billy Joel?
The need to increase the dose over time to obtain the original effect.
What is tolerance?
A common recovery slogan: ____ not perfection.
What is "progress"?
What is it called when you have both a Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Addiction of any kind.
What is co-occurring disorder or dual diagnoses?
What step has you take inventory of your personal actions?
What is Step 10? “Continued to take a personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.”
The Author of books such as Carrie and The Green Mile struggled with Alcohol and prescription drugs for years.
Who is Stephen King?
Negative, incorrect beliefs, steroetypes and labels are another name for this.
What is stigma?
What we use to try to deal with difficult situations or events that occur in our lives.
What are Coping Skills?
This area of the Brain impacts judgement, impulse control, and motor functions?
What is the Frontal Lobes/Prefrontal Cortex?
Good judgement, a careful sense of timing, courage and prudence - these are the qualities we shall need when we take this Step.
What is Step 9? “Made direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.”
This Marvel Actor who struggled with alcoholism over the years.
The type of addiction where the BODY itself feels a direct need for the substance.
What is physical dependency?
What is the stage where an individual starts looking to make changes to their addictive behavior.
What is the preparation stage?
A neurotransmitter in the Brain that is triggered by substances and causes a repeat in behavior?
What is dopamine?
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, its thinking of yourself less. Humility is the core concept of this Step.
What is Step 7? "We humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings."
This famous British Artist who has 32 years sober.
Who is Elton John?