12 Steps
Who is a senior member of AA or NA who has been in recovery for usually at least a year that helps one navigate membership, answer questions, work on the 12-steps, and offer accountability.
What is a sponsor?
Uncontrollable craving for the drug -Loss of control -Use despite negative consequences - chronic, biological brain disease -Psychological dependence -Physical dependence
What is Addiction?
What is the first step in treating substance abuse?
What is Detoxification?
__________ is a feeling of fear, dread, and uneasiness. It might cause you to sweat, feel restless and tense, and have a rapid heartbeat.
What is Anxiety?
What are the strategies you use to manage stress?
What are Coping skills?
God, grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.
What is The serenity prayer?
When someone develops ________, they need to take a higher dose to experience the same effects.
What is tolerance?
_________ is a long-acting full opioid agonist that helps people reduce or quit their use of heroin or other opiates.
What is Methadone?
This disorder is characterized by the inability to enjoy life and experience pleasure.
What is Depression?
Our brains learn by _________ and ________.
What is Repetition and reward?
This step in A.A. involves making direct amends to people who have been harmed due to the substance use disorder.
What is Step 9?
___________ is the pleasure chemical in our brains that plays a major role in substance abuse and addiction.
What is Dopamine?
______________ are treatment programs used to address addictions, depression, or other dependencies that do not require detoxification or round-the-clock supervision. They enable patients to continue with their normal, day-to-day lives in a way that residential treatment programs do not.
What is Intensive Outpatient Programs?
___________ is a disorder characterized by at least one episode of mania as well as episodes of depression. It's common to experience depressive episodes with low mood and low energy and episodes of mania or hypomania with elevated mood and high energy.
What is Bipolar Disorder?
Three indispensable spiritual principles in the 12 step fellowship are? (hint, think of H.O.W.)
What is Honesty, Open mindedness, and Willingness?
This step of the 12-step program encourages one to make a "searching and fearless moral inventory" of themselves.
What is Step 4?
This commonly used substance creates a temporary feeling of well-being and relaxation, and increases heart rate and the amount of oxygen the heart uses.
What is Nicotine?
_________ is an opioid partial agonist that is taken as a replacement in the treatment of heroin and methadone dependence.
What is Buprenorphine or Suboxone?
The three main signs of this disorder are inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity which can show up in ways like:
Real time forgetfulness, Hyper focus but hyper lows, Struggles with retaining information, World-class daydreaming, Procrastination
What is ADHD?
___________ a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations.
What is Mindfulness?
This step is focused on acceptance, which involves accepting character defects exactly as they are and then being willing to let them go
What is Step 6?
____________ are the #1 cause of accidental death in our country.
What are Overdoses?
____________ offers structure and routine to the daily lives of those in recovery. Individuals can expect to benefit from a daily schedule that typically includes various activities and therapy sessions.
What is Residential treatment?
People with this disorder are usually diagnosed between the ages of 16 and 30, after the first episode of psychosis. Symptoms include delusions, hallucinations, and thought disorder.
What is Schizophrenia?
Some high-risk situations to avoid are to not let yourself get too hungry, angry, lonely or tired. What can help you remember these circumstances?
What is HALT?