Drug abuse
Name three reasons people use drugs
1) To receive anxiety or depression 2) To relieve social pressure 3) To avoid withdraw
Came to believe a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity
What is step two?
Drug addiction can:
A) Cause mental health issues
B) Develop because of pre-existing mental health issues
C) Does not effect mental health issues
D) A and B
A & B
This illegal substance is made from the white, milky liquid exuded from the opium poppy.
Heroin
HALT is an acronym for?
Hungry, angry, lonely, tired
If there is a family history of drug use, your risk for a substance use disorder is....
Increased
This was begun in Akron, Ohio, in 1935, with a chance meeting between two alcoholics, one a doctor and one a broker.
What is A.A?
Name 3 diseases or illnesses that can result from drug use
Hepatitis
Heart disease
Obesity
Mental health
HIV
Cancer
Stroke
This class of drugs are natural and synthetic drugs that distort thinking, awareness and the senses.
What is Hallucinogens?
Mental health diagnosis that often goes along with addiction
What is depression?
Name at least 2 protective factors from developing a Substance Use Disorder.
Minimal exposure to drugs
Supportive family and friends
Exposure to positive influences
Good academic performance
The twelfth tradition asks members to place this before personalities
What is Principles (of A.A.).
Name 3 specific areas of the body that can be affected by drug use
Mouth
Liver
Throat
Lungs
Skin
Kidney
Bladder
Heart
Brain
These chemical products are misused to give the user a drug-like effect, and can cause lasting physical damage.
Inhalants
What percentage of homeless adults staying in shelters live with a serious mental illness?
What is 26%?
Which class of drug greatly amplifies sensations within the brain?
Amphetamines, Cocaine
This person is a guide, a mentor, and a fellow recovering addict, who volunteers their time to help a newcomer in the 12-step program.
What is a sponsor?
Symptom when coming off of methamphetamines that insects are crawling on you
What is Formication?
This drug causes side effects such as malnutrition, cancer of the mouth, esophagus and stomach, and birth defects.
What is alcohol?
Name two disorders that are the third most common cause of hospitalization in the US.
What is major depression and bipolar disorder?
This is the process by which the addicted brain invents excuses that allow the person in recovery to edge close enough to relapse situations that accidents can happen.
What is Justification
What are steps 3, 5 and 9?
3 - made a decision to turn over our will and our lives to the care of god as we understood him
5 - Admitted to god, to ourselves and another human being the exact nature of our wrongs
9 - Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
Drinking while pregnant can cause this
What is birth defects?
This drug can be made in small batches, with hazardous household and farm chemicals.
What is Methamphetamines?
What are three symptoms of anxiety disorder?
1. constant worry that causes significant distress and interferes with daily life
2. Irrational fear or avoidance of an place and situation that poses little or no threat or danger
3. Recurring nightmares, flashbacks or emotional numbing related to a traumatic event that occurred several months or years before