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These are symptoms that persist, come and go unexpectedly, each episode can last for a few days, and these can continue cyclically for a year to two years.
What is post acute withdrawal symptoms?
The three essentials of recovery.
What is honesty,open mindedness, and willingness?
Name three mutual signs of overdose shared between both alcohol and heroine.
What is Vomiting, death, blacking out, passing out/nodding out, cold/clammy skin, slurring, lack of muscle coordination, etc.dizziness and vomiting?
These are common examples: Continually points out staff inadequacies.Builds self up by putting others down.Tells others what they want to hear rather than the truth. Lies by omission, by distorting the truth and by disclosing only what benefits self.Deliberately vague.Diverts attention away from self.Attempts to confuse others.Minimizes the situation. Agrees or says “yes” without meaning it. Silence. Pays attention only when it is self-satisfying. Procrastination. Put others on the defensive.Totally inattentive.Accuses others of misunderstanding. Claims having changed by doing something right once.
What are defenses to recovery?
Recognizing these two things are an essential in creating a relapse prevention plan.
What are triggers and warning signs?
Purely from the point of total cost and harm to the community, which is usually considered by experts to be the most 'dangerous' drug? This is probably due to its widespread use in most places.
What is alcohol.
Each day, somewhere in the world, recovery begins when one alcoholic/addict talks with another alcoholic/addict, sharing ____.
What is experience, strength and hope?
BIG BOOK TEXT
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These are types of things will affect how many drinks it takes a person to get drunk.
What is: Amount of sleep, whether you have eaten, tolerance, atmosphere, body weight and composition?
For the best chance of staying sober, what is the recommended MINIMUM length of time a person should stay in treatment?
What is 90 days.
Three well-balanced meals daily, Three nutritious snacks daily, Avoid sugar and caffeine
What is a diet for a recovering person.
This drug is still sometimes used as a localized, external anaesthetic
What is cocaine.
The three sides of the Triangle – AA’s three legacies.
What are Unity, Service and Recovery?
The jail time you can face for the sale or manufacture of heroin.
What is life in prison?
Diacetylmorphine is more commonly called:
heroin
This is heroin's generic name
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 term actually means to induce sleep, but the public often interprets it, wrongly, to mean any legal drug sometimes used illegally.
What is narcotic.
When you continue to take personal inventory, and when you are wrong, you promptly admit it.
What is Step Ten
Symptoms most commonly occur within 72 hours after the last drink and include body tremors, mental status changes, nausea, vomiting, anxiety and seizures.
What is the DTs (Delirium tremens).
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, before a person can focus on an effective treatment plan it is vital that which of the following occur. This is deemed as the first stage of treatment.
What is Detoxification?
Our brain learns by ________ and _________.
What is repetition and reward
This occurs as a result of fibrosis, preventing normal functioning, leading to serious consequences in which only 30% of patients will survive 5 years after diagnosis.
What is scarring of the liver and consequent destruction of normal liver, commonly known as cirrhosis of the liver?
Published in 1939, this is the common name for the text from which our fellowship gets its name.
What is the Big Book?
A problem is recognizable by 2 or more of the following: Unintended use, Difficulty to cut down or stop, Excessive Time Spent Using, Cravings, Failure to Obligations, Sacrifice of activities, Use in hazardous situations, Medical problems, Financial problems, Legal problems, Employment problems, Family/Social problems, Psychological problems, Spiritual problems, Changes in Tolerance, Signs of Withdrawal.
What are potential criteria and consequences to addiction?
One of the most severe psychological side effects of alcoholism is caused by a lack of thiamine (vitamin B1) in the brain. This B1 deficiency leads to nerve damage, resulting in symptoms such as amnesia, apathy and confabulation (the replacement of a gap in a person's memory (often due to blackouts) by a falsification that they believe to be true).
Korsakoff's psychosis (also called amnesic-confabulatory syndrome) was named after Sergei Korsakoff, a neuropsychiatrist.
5 skills you have learned in treatment to overcome cravings and triggers
(this is a question with many answers. Must answer in form of question still). What is (are) a sponsor, a relapse prevention plan, laughter, service, work, being with family, hobbies etc.