Random Recovery 01
The first step in most 12-step programs...
What is admitting you have a problem?
What is an intense desire or urge for a substance?
What Is a "Craving"?
What is the stress disorder AFTER traumatic event called?
What Is PTSD?
A disease that has no cure…, You can lose your job, your belongings, access to family members and in some cases, your life?
What Is Active Addiction or Addiction?
“God, Grant me the serenity to accept the things I can’t, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference.
What Is The First Part Of the Serenity Prayer or Serenity Prayer?
RANDOM: No Right Or Wrong Answer...
Name three things that can be a healthy alternative to using when bored……
No wrong or right Answer. The Goal Is to come up with as many Coping skills as possible to limit the risk of relapse or picking back up.
TRUE or FALSE: Relapse means treatment has failed
What Is False?
Relapse does not necessarily mean treatment has failed. Relapse is often a setback in recovery, but it can also be an opportunity to learn and adjust treatment strategies.
TRUE OR FALSE: Addiction is a disease that can be cured if you make meetings, get a sponsor and learn the Literature of NA/AA?
False, Addiction is a disease that cannot be cured
With continued substance abuse the brain will show production of this brain chemical that enables pleasure..
What is Dopamine?
The Basic Text describes recovery as a journey and says this important action must happen "just for today."
What is staying clean (or not using)?
This term refers to returning to substance use after a period of sobriety.
What is a relapse?
To “Abstain from ALL illicit drugs and alcohol is called?”
What is sobriety or clean time?
RANDOM: No right or Wrong Answers Here...
Name five positive affirmations you can say to yourself…
There are no correct or incorrect answers. You can use starting statements like, "I am..., I can.., Today, I...," Remember to be positive
TRUE OR FALSE: Addiction can happen at any stage in life?
True, Addiction is a complex disease that can strike at any stage in life. While early exposure to drugs and alcohol can heighten the risk of developing an addiction, it’s crucial to understand that no age group is immune.
What is it called when you have too much time to be with your own thoughts?
What is isolation and boredom?
What medication is used to combat heroin/opiate overdose?
What is Narcan or naloxone?
What is the fastest addicting drug?
What Is Nicotine?
Nicotine is as addictive as heroin and causes release of the pleasure chemical dopamine and other neurotransmitters in the brain within minutes of the first puff, which reinforces continued tobacco use.
This term refers to a personal plan outlining strategies to avoid relapse.
What is a relapse prevention plan?
One of the best ways to manage a craving.
What is coping skills (or distraction, deep breathing, calling someone, etc.)?
This step (of the 12 steps) involves making a list of people we have harmed and becoming willing to make amends.
What is Step 8?
In the Basic Text, addiction is described as affecting more than just drug use—it affects every area of this.
What is life?
In the Basic Text, this spiritual principle is said to be the foundation of recovery.
What is honesty?
What does the acronym “HALT” stand for?
What is H- Hungry, Angry, Lonely and T-Tired
The Basic Text describes this type of "awakening" as happening through working the 12 Steps.
What is a spiritual awakening?
TRUE or FALSE: Medications like Suboxone just replace one addiction with another.
What is False;
Suboxone, a medication used for opioid use disorder, is not simply replacing one addiction with another, Studies have shown, MAT treatments such as Suboxone can help to reduce withdrawal symptoms and cravings associated with opioid addiction without the same euphoric effects as other opioids. This can allow individuals to stabilize and focus on other aspects of recovery, such as behavioral therapy and support systems.