Types of substances
This drug is classified as a depressant, although it also has stimulant and hallucinogenic properties.
What is cannabis (marijuana)
Review Halter, p. 414
4 factors that effect how alcohol works in the body.
What is weight, height, food in stomach, mixture with other drugs, tolerance and gender?
These medications are used in the treatment of alcohol use disorder.
What are disulfiram (Antabuse), naltrexone (Vivitrol, ReVia), acamprosate (Campral), benzodiazepines, anticonvulsants, barbiturates, antihypertensive agents.
Review Halter, p. 425
Renee told us that there is now proof that when we die, our energy doesn't just disappear. Where does it go that lines up with what the ancestors knew all along?
Where is the universe?
In the Wellbriety video we watched yesterday, Don Coyhis said, "The only thing in life that you have to do is ______."
What is die?
*BONUS* What do you think he meant by this?
This drug is classified as a stimulant. It increases activity in the brain and temporarily elevates mood, alertness, and energy levels but there are no physiological withdrawal disturbances that require inpatient care
What is cocaine?
Review, Halter, p. 418
Symptoms include unresponsiveness, pinpoint pupils, slow respiration, coma, hypothermia, hypotension, and bradycardia.
What is opioid overdose?
Review Halter, p. 416
This program is an alternative to incarceration, usually requiring participants enter treatment and cooperate with supervision over a period of time.
What is Drug Court?
One or more person(s) we can trust, and can call on for help. A very important factor that can greatly increase our chances of success in our recovery.
What is a support system/network?
What relaxation technique did Laurie do with us this week, that can be not only mentally but physically beneficial to our health?
Guided meditation.
Some people believe that taking this substance leads to new insights due to the illusions, hallucinations, and synesthesias (e.g., hearing colors or seeing sounds) that occur with this type of intoxication.
What are hallucinogens?
Review Halter, p. 415
Tremors, anxiety agitation, impaired cognition, perceptual changes, tactile disturbances hypertension, tachycardia, elevated temperature that begin 6 to 8 hours after last use.
What is alcohol withdrawal?
Review, Halter, p. 420
In MN, a county agency or tribe determines a person’s need for treatment by conducting this assessment, and determines whether a person is eligible to have their treatment paid using public funds.
What is a Rule 25?
"I learned that my sadness never destroyed what was great about me. You just have to go back to that greatness, find that one little light that's left. I'm lucky I found little glimmer stored away. Who said this?
A) Eminem B) Kim Kardashian C) Beyonce D) Lady Gaga
Who is D) Lady Gaga?
The parasympathetic nervous system calms us down after a stressful situation. Rekha offered a suggestion she had heard can help trigger this system into action if we are feeling anxious. What was it?
With your head below your heart-level(so with your head between your knees or top half of body hanging off the bed), put your face into a bowl of ice or ice water.
This class includes all prescription sleeping medications and almost all prescription antianxiety drugs. Craving is a typical feature.
What are sedatives, hypnotics, and antianxiety medications?
Review Halter, p. 417
Mood dysphoria, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle aches, fever, and insomnia, lacrimation (watery eyes), rhinorrhea (runny nose), pupillary dilation, yawning.
What is opioid withdrawal?
Review Halter, p. 416
This drug is used only after abstaining from opioids for 12 to 24 hours. It can bring on acute withdrawal for patients who have other opioids in their bloodstream.
What is buprenorphine (Subutex, Suboxone)
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In the Wellbriety video we watched yesterday, Don Coyhis said, "When our ego gets bigger, our ______ shrinks."
What is spirit?
Typically begins 6 to 8 hours after the last use of the substance. It reaches intensity during the second or third day and then subsides during the next week.
What is opioid withdrawal?
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Risk factors for the development of substance use disorders.
What are biological(genetics), neurochemical(mental health), environmental and sociocultural factors?
"To find the Red Road again and to live in harmony with all things, we must listen to the ______ and let them teach us." -Don Coyhis
Who are Elders?
Renee, the resident elder sitting in for Donna this week, practices holistic medicine. One of the therapies she does is called Brainspotting. What is this?
Brainspotting is a brain-body therapy that focuses on identifying, processing, and releasing imbalances, trauma, and residual emotional stress. It is based on the premise that 'where you look affects how you feel' and finds that eye positions correlate with unconscious, emotional experiences.