Benzodiazepines, alcohol, and other substances that result in slowing your central nervous system.
What is a depressant?
What is the medication that can quickly reverse an opioid overdose?
What is Narcan or Naloxone?
.07 (DWI) and .08 (DUI)
What is the legal limit for driving under the influence of alcohol in Maryland?
1. People 2. Places 3. Things and more
What are triggers
openly communicating and asserting personal values as way to preserve and protect against having them compromised or violated
i.e. asking friends and family to not bring alcohol or drugs to your home, requesting to greet with handshakes or fist bumps rather than hugs
What are boundaries?
1)Lowered inhibitions 2)Decreased control over motor skills 3)Inability to concentrate and focus 4)Addiction 5)Heart attack; stroke 6)Liver failure; cirrhosis 7)Kidney disease 8)Blackouts
What are the consequences of alcohol use
a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations
What is mindfulness?
describes an addiction as a disease with biological, neurological, genetic, and environmental sources of origin
What is the disease model?
an individual who is trained and certified to provide ongoing support to individuals and their families receiving mental health and/or substance use recovery supports and services
What are peer support specialists?
Acronym for high-risk situations/states of being
What is H.A.L.T.
habitual ways of thinking that are often inaccurate and negatively biased
What are cognitive distortions?
The following problems occur because of what? -Increase in violence and aggression -Addiction -Drug-induced psychosis -Increase in Respiratory problems -Increase in cardiovascular problems -Risk for HIV, HEP C and TB -Damage to physical appearance
What is Methamphetamine/cocaine use
The first stage of treatment (for most)
What is Detoxification
the tendency to act without thinking
What is impulsivity?
Bone marrow damage, liver and kidney damage, blackouts, limb spasms,hearing loss and the loss of brain cells are consequences from abusing what type of drugs?
What is inhalant use?
Pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance, relapse
What are the 5 stages of change?