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This dangerous practice involves combining cocaine with heroin, leading to an increased risk of overdose.
What is a speedball?
The act of letting go of resistance and submitting to an entity and their authority or ideas.
What is Surrender?
A person who, often unintentionally, supports or facilitates the continuation of someone else's harmful behaviors.
What is an Enabler?
This legendary guitarist and singer, known for hits like "Purple Haze," struggled with substance abuse and passed away at the age of 27.
Who is Jimi Hendrix?
This term describes a comprehensive plan designed to prevent relapse and manage triggers and cravings.
What is a relapse prevention plan
The damage that prolonged cocaine use can cause to the nose and nasal passages.
What is Coke Nose?
A very strong feeling of wanting to do something repeatedly that is difficult to control.
What is Compulsion?
When a person finds fault in someone else responsible for their actions, their feelings.
What is Blaming?
Abusing this substance can cause blackouts and even liver damage.
What is Alcohol?
The state in which an individual's body and mind have adapted to the presence of a substance, leading to the need for continued use to function normally.
What is Dependence?
Cocaine is classified under this category of drugs due to its high potential for abuse and limited medical use.
What are stimulants (or Schedule II drugs)?
To ignore, downplay, or distort the reality of your substance use.
What is Denial?
Cravings can be intensified by this type of emotional state, which includes feelings of sadness, stress, or anxiety.
What are negative emotions?
Any actions a person takes to escape from difficult thought and feelings.
What is Avoidance?
This comedian and actor, known for his roles in "Mrs. Doubtfire" and "Good Will Hunting," struggled with addiction throughout his life.
Who is Robin Williams?
These individuals, often found in support groups like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or Narcotics Anonymous (NA), provide mentorship and guidance in the recovery process.
What are sponsors?
This is the plant from which cocaine is derived.
What is the coca plant?
This word describes the period during which a person abstains from substance use after experiencing dependence.
What is Sobriety?
This term describes the ability to recover quickly from setbacks and challenges.
What is Resilience?
Unconsciously taking unwanted emotions or traits you don't like about yourself and attributing them to someone else.
What is Projecting?
Slows down your processing, resulting in poor judgements and slower reaction times.
What is Marijuana?
The term for the physical and mental symptoms that occur after stopping or reducing intake of an addictive substance.
What is withdrawal?
This 12-step program is designed for friends and family members of individuals struggling with alcoholism.
What is Al-Anon?
Hallucinations caused by excessive cocaine use in which the person thinks, feels, and sees something on or below their skin.
What are Coke Bugs?
Where an individual requires increasingly larger doses of a substance to achieve the same effect that was initially experienced with smaller doses.
What is Tolerance?
This relaxation technique involves focusing on the present moment and can help reduce stress and cravings.
What is mindfulness meditation?
This practice involves regularly attending therapy sessions to address underlying issues and develop coping strategies for cravings.
What is individual therapy (or counseling)?
Can result in gum damage and rotting teeth.
What is Methamphetamine?