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Uncontrollable craving for the drug -Loss of control -Use despite negative consequences - chronic, biological brain disease -Psychological dependence -Physical dependence
What is addiction
True or False smoke from cigarettes, cigars, and pipes has at least 70 chemicals that can cause cancer.
True
Both _________ and ______ are bloodborne diseases that people who inject drugs are at an increased risk on contracting.
Both hepatitis B and hepatitis C are bloodborne diseases.
The first stage of treatment
What is Detoxification
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol-that our lives had become unmanageable.
Step 1 (powerlessness/acceptance)
Information or an emergency kit to help an individual from using again. This kit could include 12 step information, important phone numbers, healthy recreational activities to participate in.
What is a relapse prevention plan
True or False smoking causes more deaths each year than the following causes combined:
True
Which organ is affected the most by drinking alcohol.
What is the liver.
________is defined as using actions and thoughts to effectively deal with a negative situation or emotions.
Coping skills
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Step 4 (Moral inventory)
___________ is the fastest addicting drug
What is nicotine
What is the highly addictive stimulant found in cigarettes and other tobacco products.
Nicotine
High blood pressure can cause the arteries that supply blood and oxygen to the brain to burst or be blocked, causing a _________.
Stroke
What does ACT stand for?
Acceptance and commitment therapy
Make direct amends to such people where possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
Step 9 (make amends)
________________ is the pleasure chemical in our brains that plays a major role in substance abuse and addiction
What is Dopamine
Name two chemicals (except nicotine) found in cigarettes.
What is battery acid, lighter fluid, Arsenic, poison, carbon monoxide, rocket fuel, toilet cleaner, insecticide, candle wax, vinegar,
________ is a late stage of scarring (fibrosis) of the liver caused by many forms of liver diseases and conditions, such as hepatitis and chronic alcoholism.
Cirrhosis
The risk of relapse is greatest in the first ______ days of recovery
90
Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and become willing to make amends to them all.
Step 8 (Amends list)
The most commonly abused drug across the nation
What is Marijuana
This ingredient, typically used to preserve dead animals (and humans, too), is found in cigarettes.
Formaldehyde
When you get throat cancer from smoking, the doctors sometimes have to put a __________ in your throat to help you breathe.
What is a stoma.
____________ is a type of psychotherapeutic treatment that helps people learn how to identify and change the destructive or disturbing thought patterns that have a negative influence on their behavior and emotions.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
Having had a spiritual awakening as the results of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others.
Step 12 (help others/ service)