What's under my bed
Most common and potentially fatal addiction across the nation...
As of 2020, 79.5% of Americans abuse alcohol
Dangerous substance with a high death rate in the U.S., higher than suicide
What is Fentanyl
This therapy teaches skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships by changing the way we talk from negative to positive
What is DBT-Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
This practice involves intentionally paying attention to the present moment without judgment through deep breathing, meditation and journaling
What is mindfulness
Reduced access to support that leaves someone alone with difficult thoughts, emotions, or cravings.
What is isolation
This written plan identifies a person's triggers, warning signs, coping skills, support people, and steps to take when they experience cravings
What is a relapse prevention plan
This Is the fastest addicting substance
What is opiates (fentanyl) with nicotine as the second fastest addicting substance
This is the body's natural response to a perceived threat or danger.
Fight, flight, freeze or fawn
Alcohol is classified as a central nervous system ______.
What is a depressant
This type of somatic therapy that helps to process trauma with tapping, lights, or eye exercises
What is EMDR-Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing
Rapid heartbeat, sweating, trembling, shortness of breath, feelings of worry, uneasiness, or dread..
What is anxiety
Name three types of triggers and an example of each.
Social (seeing an old friend who you used to buy drugs from),
Emotional (intense feelings, depression, exhaustion, stress, etc)
Environmental (going to a party or driving by the location of a triggering event)
Name 2 or more potential risks associated with stimulant misuse such of meth, crack or cocaine
What heart problems, anxiety, paranoia, sleep problems, agitation, or psychosis.
What is one reason people may continue experiencing cravings after stopping substance use?
What is learned coping mechanisms to emotional triggers, feeling, brain changes, trauma, environmental cues can contribute to cravings
This technique uses the five senses (5,4,3,2,1 exercise) to help bring your attention back to the present moment.
What is grounding
A type of depression diagnosis that involves a persistent, long term, ongoing, medication resistant emotion which manifests in a lack of interest or pleasure in activities.
What is anhedonia
In Alcoholics Anonymous, Step One states that we admitted we were ______ over alcohol and that our lives had become ______.
powerless & unmanageable
What does the term “hallucination” refer to?
What is perceiving something that isn't actually present in the external environment.
Name 3 self help support groups for people in recovery
What is AA, NA, Refuge Recovery, SMART Recovery, Life Ring Secular, Wellbriety
HALT commonly stands for
Don't ever let yourself get too hungry, angry, lonely and tired
Can be Internal and external. Provocation to relapse
Trigger
A symptom experienced which is a sign you're developing a substance abuse disorder...
Increased tolerance or the need for more of a substance
One of the most common & effective coping skills a person in early recovery can develop is, this string of behaviors characterized by "a sequence of actions regularly followed"...
Routine or structure
This neurotransmitter is strongly associated with the brain's reward and reinforcement system.
What is dopamine
“Ice,” and “Tina” can refer to which stimulant?
What is meth
Lack of sleep, isolation, and overwhelming stress can increase vulnerability and possibly lead to this.
What is relapse
Severe alcohol withdrawal can include confusion, hallucinations, and seizures and requires urgent medical attention. What is this severe syndrome called?
What is delirium tremens
A higher power
What are two acronyms for
FEAR
Fu#%ck Everything And Run
Face Everything And Recover
I would also accept...
False Evidence Appearing Real
This therapy focuses on the relationship between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and challenging them.
What is CBT -Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Focusing your attention on your breathing while noticing thoughts without judging them is an example of this practice.
What is meditation
This dangerous effect is a major cause of fatal opioid overdoses.
What is respiratory depression?