Drugs are bad mmmmkay...
This drug is categorized as a depressant AND a hallucinogen. It is often called the "gateway drug"
What is Marijuana?
Areas of life that are often requiring change in order to stay clean?
What are people, places and things?
The level of care you first enter when entering treatment
What is detox?
Tell everyone a fun fact that no one knows about each one in the group.
Any
What neurotransmitter is commonly associated with addiction
What is dopamine?
This class of drugs are depressants. It is derived from a plant. It can cause, drowsiness, constipation, euphoria, nausea, vomiting and slowed breathing.
What are opiates/opioids?
List 5 coping skills to use in high risk situations
Drawing, exercise, music, going for a walk, meditation, writing, etc.
_____ can act as a support network and a sounding board. Other members in attendance often help you come up with specific ideas for improving a difficult situation or life challenge, and hold you accountable along the way. Regularly talking and listening to others also helps you put your own problems in perspective. Many people experience mental health difficulties, but few speak openly about them to people they don't know well. Oftentimes, you may feel like you are the only one struggling — but you're not. It can be a relief to hear others discuss what they're going through, and realize you're not alone.
What is groups/ group therapy?
One is most likely to die of _________ more than _________
What is overdose, car accident
1 right is half points
Stimulants cause a _________ release of this neurotransmitter which causes the increased heart rate, blood pressure etc.
What is higher?
This drug is a stimulant. It is derived from a plant. It used to be used in many tonics and even drinks. It causes increased heart rate, blood pressure and interference with REM cycle. Withdrawal symptoms are not physical but more mental and can cause depression and anxiety.
What is cocaine?
List 4-5 people you can talk to for support or who are supportive of you in your recovery
Family members, sponsor, friend, people in the rooms, counselors, etc.
This level of care incorporates group therapy and individual counseling along with access to a psych to address mental health.
This drug was created in the early 1900s by a chemist and was later sold by Bayer company as a cough syrup
What is heroin
This lobe is responsible for logical thought, decision making, and impulse control
What is frontal lobe?
This drug is a stimulant. It can cause reduced hunger and increase breathing, heart rate and blood pressure. Larger doses may cause fever, sweating, headache, nausea, blurred vision, very fast or irregular heartbeat, tremors, loss of co-ordination and collapse. Withdrawal from these drugs can lead to severe depression and has a high risk of suicide.
What are amphetamines/methamphetamine
Vivitrol, methadone, suboxone, sublocade are all part of what _____
Medication Assisted Therapy
This level of treatment is commonly the next level after inpatient treatment
What is Intensive Outpatient Treatment
Name 4 celebrities in recovery
Demi Lovato, Macklemore, Reese Witherspoon, etc.
Frontal, occipital, temporal lobes: this lobe is where the "pleasure center" is located
What is temporal?
This is the most commonly abused substance.
What is alcohol?
Identify 5 common triggers that could cause one to want to us. Be specific.
Holidays, friends who use, emotions, etc.
_______ provide individual sessions, facilitate groups.
What are counselors?
About how many MILLION people are diagnosed with a substance use disorder (HINT) its more than 10mil but less than 100mil)
40mil
Alcohol and benzodiazepines utilizes another neurotransmitter called _______ which depresses the nervous system
Gaba