Drugs of Abuse?
Increases the users risk of cancer, emphysema, bronchial disorders, and cardiovascular disease.
What is tobacco smoke?
Usually 6-8 weeks, 2-3 days a week for 3-4 hours a day.
What is outpatient treatment?
The co-founders of AA
Who are Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob?
Defined as a chronic, relapsing brain disease that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences.
What is addiction?
Local musician who died of an opioid overdose?
Who is Prince?
Consumption can damage the brain and most body organs.
What is alcohol use?
Treating both mental health symptoms and substance abuse disorders at the same time.
What is MI/CD treatment?
These are suggested as a program of recovery.
What are the 12 steps?
Genetics, gender and mental disorders.
What are biological risk factors?
Ironman who struggled with addiction for years.
Who is Robert Downey Jr.?
This drug impairs short term memory and learning, the ability to focus attention, and coordination.
What is marijuana?
Very successful treatment strategy used with youth before they start to abuse drugs.
What is prevention?
We admitted that we were powerless over or addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable.
What is step 1, NA?
Chaotic home and abuse, parents use and attitudes, peer influences, community attitudes, and poor school achievement.
What are environmental risk factors?
Former heroin addict, who played in the Yardbirds, Cream and Derek and the Dominoes.
Who is Eric Clapton?
Powerful stimulant that can produce feelings of euphoria and alertness, effects are particularly long-lasting and harmful to the brain often causing psychosis.
What is methamphetamine?
A plan designed to keep you sober when you leave treatment.
What is a relapse prevention plan?
Formed in southern California, in July 1953, so addicts could have their own meeting.
What is Narcotics Anonymous?
A powerful desire to use.
What is a craving?
Rapp star who is outspoken about his Recovery, also know as Slim Shady.
Who is Eminem?
Powerful opioid that slows respiration and leading to overdose.
What is heroin?
These can be external or internal and can lead to cravings and then use.
What are triggers?
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
What is step 4?
Substance taken in larger amounts, missing important social events, failing at work, school or home, cravings and urges to use substances and unsuccessful efforts to quit or cut down.
What are symptoms of Substance Use Disorder?
Author of horror novels like Carrie, The shining and Pet Cemetery and member of AA.
Who is Stephen King?