Types of Substances
Any substance other than food or water that changes the way your body functions.
What is a drug?
___________________________ are drug- and alcohol-free residences that provide a safe and supportive environment for recovery. These homes promote a person-centered and strength-based approach, helping residents meet their needs and goals.
What are sober living homes?
What is a depressant?
______________ are the limits and rules you set for yourself in relationships. When managed well, boundaries protect you and allow for intimacy and new experiences.
What are boundaries?
______________________________ is a treatable mental disorder that affects a person’s brain and behavior, leading to their inability to control their use of substances like legal or illegal drugs, alcohol, or medications. Symptoms can be moderate to severe, with addiction being the most severe form of SUD.
What is Substance Use Disorder (SUD)?
Substances that have a high potential for abuse which may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.
What are controlled substances or illegal drugs?
_____________________ are free, informal mutual-help groups for people recovering from addictions and their families. While many different types of these exist, they all provide members with an opportunity to meet and support peers. Attending recovery meetings is also an effective way to build a sober support network.
What are recovery meetings (AA. NA)?
What is binge drinking?
A person with ____________ boundaries struggles to say “no” to others. This allows for intimacy, but often at the cost of their own wants and needs.
What are porous?
________________________ is a term for when someone experiences a mental illness and a substance abuse problem simultaneously. Dual diagnosis is a very broad category. It can range from someone developing mild depression because of binge drinking, to someone’s symptoms of bipolar disorder becoming more severe when that person abuses heroin during periods of mania.
What is dual diagnosis?
Substances that are prescribed by a doctor to safely treat one's medical condition; but when taken when such symptoms aren’t present, they affect the brain in ways very similar to illegal drugs.
What are prescription drugs?
Individuals in ___________generally attend treatment for at least 9 hours per week, often in 3, 3-hour sessions These typically offer a combination of evidence-based therapies and interventions, including individual and group counseling, behavioral therapies, psychoeducation, case management, medication management, family services, alcohol and drug monitoring, peer services, wellness programs, vocational and educational services, and mutual-help groups.
What is an intensive outpatient program (IOP)?
The effects associated with drinking occur when _____________ enters your bloodstream and passes through the membranes of cells in your brain, heart, and other organs.
What is ethanol?
A person with ____________ boundaries can say “no” to others, but they’re also open to intimacy and new experiences.
What is healthy?
For many people mental health disorders come first and can ignite a need to use drugs and alcohol to somehow cope with the situation. Over time, if the cycle of self-medication fails to mitigate the symptoms, it intensifies and worsens the problem, pushing the person to increase their dosage which unfortunately results in _____________________.
What is dependency or addiction?
Substances that are sold from a drug store directly to a person without a prescription; can be abused if taken for another purpose than intended.
What are over-the-counter (OTC) drugs?
___________________ typically allow for classes and counseling sessions for 6 to 8 hours each day. Services may include individual and group therapy, medication management, family therapy, education groups, and occupational and recreational therapies.
What are partial hospitalization programs (PHPs)?
Alcohol has a wide variety of effects. In the brain, it triggers the release of __________________, a neurotransmitter that’s associated with pleasure and satisfaction.
What is dopamine?
A person with ____________ boundaries keeps others at a distance. This offers protection and stability, but at the cost of intimacy and new experiences.
What is rigid?
According to national research, people who suffer from mood and anxiety disorders are ___________ as likely to become addicted to drugs. The reverse is also true: Those who are addicted to drugs are roughly ____________as likely to suffer from mood and anxiety disorders.
What is twice or two times?
Substances that have an age requirement for consumption that are not prohibited by drug laws; examples are tobacco & alcohol.
What are legal drugs?
____________________ provide tools and support to help individuals in recovery cope with addiction as they transition back home after treatment.
These may offer activities and services, including:
What are alumni programs?
Alcohol is among the most commonly misused addictive substances. About ____________ percent of American adults meet the criteria for alcohol use disorder (AUD). That’s ______ in ______ adults.
What is 12.7 % or 1 in 8 adults?
Name three types of boundaries.
What are physical, emotional, intellectual, sexual, material and time.
About a third of all people experiencing mental illnesses and about____________ of people living with severe mental illnesses also experience substance abuse.
What is one half or 50%?