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The complex, chronic brain disease characterized by drug craving, seeking, and use that persists even in the face of devastating life consequences.
What is addiction?
The first twelve-step fellowship, was founded in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith.
What is Alcohol's Anonymous (AA)?
The various symptoms that occur after a person abruptly reduces or stops long-term use of a drug.
What is withdrawal?
Type of treatment A Better Today, Inc. is.
What is Outpatient treatment?
5 skills you have learned in treatment to overcome cravings and triggers.
What is a sponsor, a relapse prevention, emotional regulation, work, being with family/friends, hobbies etc.
A highly addictive analgesic drug derived from morphine, often used illicitly as a narcotic producing euphoria.
What is heroin?
A worldwide nonprofit organization that provides fellowship and recovery support for men and women with problematic drug use
What is Narcotic' Anonymous (NA)?
Charge for getting pulled over while being intoxicated.
What is a DUI?
The process of allowing the body to rid itself of a drug while managing the symptoms of withdrawal; first stage of treatment.
What is detoxification?
Involves any high-risk situation or stressor that sparks off a thought, feeling, or action to use drugs/alcohol. This spark, which is experienced as a temptation or desire to use, is called a “craving” or “urge”
What is a trigger?
Removed from Coca-Cola in 1903.
What is cocaine?
Published in 1939, this is the common name for the text from which our fellowship gets its name.
What is the Big Book?
Many commonly prescribed pain pills are actually a combination of an opiate and Tylenol(acetaminophen). Abusing any medication containing acetaminophen can be particularly damaging to which part of the body?
What is the liver?
Structured treatment programs aimed at helping those struggling with addiction
What is rehab?
Should not be viewed as a failure but should instead be seen as an obstacle to overcome on one's lifelong journey to sobriety.
What is relapse?
The most commonly abused drug across the nation.
What is marijuana/cannabis?
Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
What is the ninth step?
Drug that has these adverse effects:
What is heroin?
For the best chance of staying sober, what is the MINIMUM length of time a person should stay in treatment?
What is 90 days inpatient?
This is the process by which the addicted brain invents excuses that allow the person in recovery to edge close enough to relapse situations that accidents can happen
What is justification?
This lobe of the cerebral cortex helps a person with planning, making decisions, and using self-control. Alcohol can harm a person’s ability to plan, make decisions, and use self-control. If alcohol is used over a long period of time, this part of the brain can be damaged permanently.
What is the frontal lobe?
Three Legacies of AA.
What is recovery, unity and service?
A felony that makes you loose trust, have dangerous associations with individuals, criminal conduct, and you can use violence for social control.
What is selling or manufacturing drugs?
A very important part of treatment that an individual should participate in; Support process in which a counselor holds face to face talks with another person to help him or her solve a personal problem, or help improve that person's attitude, behavior, or character
What is counseling?
Double the points (1000):
Our brain learns by ________ and _________.
What is repetition and reward?