12 Steps
Recovery Terminology
Categories of Drugs
Neuroscience
Street Names of Drugs
100
These two men are considered to be the founders of the AA program.
Who are Bill W. and Dr. Bob?
100
Term used to describe a return to drinking or drug use after a period of abstinence.
What is relapse?
100
Drug with effects that include increased heart rate, feelings of exhilaration, increased energy, and reduced appetite.
What are Stimulants?
100
Chemicals that are used to transmit electrical messages between neurons.
What are neurotransmitters?
100
Juice, Sauce, Hooch, Booze.
What is Alcohol?
200
This person acts as a guide or mentor to people who are working the steps.
What is a sponsor?
200
No recall of events due to excessive drinking or alcohol and/or abuse of other drugs.
What is a blackout?
200
Drug that causes slowed thinking and reaction time, impaired memory and learning, and requent respiratory infections.
What are Cannabinoids?
200
An important neurotransmitter that is responsible for feelings of pleasure.
What is Dopamine?
200
Grass, Dope, Mary Jane, Reefer.
What is Marijuana?
300
This step involves making a moral inventory.
What is the 4th Step?
300
People, places, objects, feelings, and times that cause cravings.
What are triggers?
300
Drug which has effects that include lowered inhibitions, slowed pulse and breathing, impaired coordination, memory, and judgement.
What are Depressants?
300
A nerve cell that receives and sends electrical signals over long distances within the body.
What is a neuron?
300
Crystal, Glass, Ice, Speed.
What is Methamphetamine?
400
This is a shorthand way of reminding people in recovery that they are extremely vulnerable to relapse when they feel lonely, angry, hungry or tired.
What is HALT?
400
Techniques used to overpower cravings which include visualization, snapping, relaxation, and calling someone.
What is Thought Stopping?
400
Drug that causes altered states of perception and feeling, chronic mental disorders, and flashbacks.
What are Hallucinogens?
400
The junction or gap across which a nerve impulse passes to communicate with a target cell.
What is a synapse or synaptic cleft?
400
Blow, Snow, Sugar, Powder.
What is Cocaine?
500
Some of these include honesty, hope, faith, brotherly-love, and perserverance.
What are the 12 Spiritual Principles of AA?
500
Six weeks to four months after stopping drugs and alcohol when it is common to experience depression, irritability, difficulty concentrating, low energy, and a general lack of enthusiasm.
What is "The Wall"?
500
Drug with effects that include pain relief, euphoria, drowsiness, and constipation
What are Opioids?
500
The fatty substance that covers and protects nerves and facilitates the transmission of nerve impulses.
What is myelin?
500
Footballs, Bars, Peach.
What is Xanax?
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