Addiction/Symptoms
A persistent, habitual use of alcohol.
What is Alcoholism or Alcohol Addiction.
The condition of being physically and mentally dependent on a substance.
What is addiction?
We admitted we were powerless over our substance and our lives have become unmanageable.
What is step one?
You receive advice or guidance, especially as solicited from this type of knowledge person.
What is counselor or therapist?
The twelve-steps were originally ___ steps, that were broken down in to smaller sections to make them easier to understand.
6
A gradual using more of the product to achieve the same effects as the first use.
What is tolerance?
Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
What is step ten?
A set of guiding principles outlining a course of action for recovery from addiction, compulsion, or other behavioral problems.
What is a twelve-step program?
This substance used to be legal and was marketed as a cough suppressant.
What is heroin
Abnormal physical or psychological features that follow the abrupt discontinuation of a drug that has produced a physical dependence.
What is withdrawal symptoms?
A guide/mentor, fellow recovering addiction that volunteers time to help others.
What is a sponsor?
Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
What is step eight?
This program be used to help someone with cravings/urges and to sustain recovery.
This person claims Burger King saved his life from his drug addiction. (Hint: Billionaire super hero)
Robert Downey Jr.
Long term effects of this substance used are: addiction, respiratory failure, vomiting, death, drowsiness, reduction of pain, constipation
What are opiates?
What is withdrawal
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
What is step four?
Information or a plan to help an individual from using again. This could include 12 step information, important phone numbers and meetings, healthy recreation activities, outpatient treatment.
What is a relapse prevention plan?
H.A.L.T stands for ____ and should be used during high risk relapse situations.
Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired
Long term effects of this substance used are: bone marrow damage, liver and kidney damage, blackouts, limb spasms, hearing loss, loss of brain cells.
What are inhalants?
FAS stands for _____?
Fetal Alcohol syndrome
Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
What is step nine?
CRS stands for ___________.
Certified Recovery Specialist.
This chemical in the brain is responsible for "rewards."