Name That Substance
Any substance that affects the way you think, act, and/or feel.
What is drug?
A chronic, relapsing brain disease that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences.
What is addiction?
The treatment of multiple patients at once by one or more healthcare providers. It can be used to treat a variety of conditions including but not limited to substance use disorders, emotional trauma, anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
What is group therapy?
The first 12-step meeting program, outlined community- and peer-based self-help support groups that host regular meetings in numerous locations.
What is AA?
This Avenger actor had several high-profile arrests in the late 1990s and early 2000s while misusing alcohol, cocaine, and heroin and spent time in a California prison and a state-run rehab facility. He has been in recovery since 2003.
Who is Robert Downey Jr.?
The most commonly abused substance, and the 3rd most common cause of death in the United States.
What is alcohol?
A physical symptom of repeated use of a substance, reducing the response to the substance which results in needing larger quantities to achieve the same feeling.
What is tolerance?
What is the abstinence model of recovery?
Someone who regularly attends meetings, has gone through the 12 steps themselves, and who has maintained sobriety and is willing to guide new members through their recovery.
What is a sponsor?
This actress (who starred in films such as E.T., 50 First Dates, and The Wedding Singer) reports drinking alcohol at age 9 before transitioning to THC and cocaine use, entering rehab at age 13.
Who is Drew Barrymore?
An illicit drug that may also be known by street names such as Chalk, Christina, Cookies, Crank, Rocket Fuel, Scooby-Snacks, or Speed.
What is methamphetamine?
The brain consists of billions of these cells which are organized into circuits and networks. They act as a switch controlling the flow of information. Drugs and other substances disrupt the communication between these cells.
What are neurons?
Treatment program that is provided in a residential setting for substance abuse.
What is rehab?
Honesty, Faith, Surrender, Soul Searching, Integrity, Acceptance, Humility, Willingness, Forgiveness, Maintenance, Making Contact, and Service.
What are the 12 Spiritual Principles?
He was one of America’s best Friends from 1994 to 2004, but off-screen, he was struggling with alcohol and prescription drug abuse. The actor says he got addicted to painkillers when he was prescribed them after a personal watercraft accident. The sitcom and movie star has sought treatment, and he says helping others is an important part of his own recovery.
Who is Matthew Perry?
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The substance responsible for 81% of overdose deaths in Ohio in 2020.
What is fentanyl?
The pleasure neurotransmitter in the brain that plays a major role in substance use and addiction.
What is dopamine?
A cognitive–behavioral approach with the goal of identifying and addressing high-risk situations for relapse and assisting individuals in maintaining desired behavioral changes.
What is relapse prevention?
This 12-Step staple has been variously attributed to an ancient Sanskrit text, Aristotle, St. Augustine, St. Francis of Assisi and others. Many AA members were first exposed to this tool in 1948, when it was quoted in the Grapevine, an AA periodical.
What is the Serenity Prayer?
This actress known as "the scream queen" reports having been addicted to prescription pain killers following plastic surgery. She has confessed in that she would lie and steal from friends and family to support her increasing addiction. After seeking help and completing rehab, she is in full recovery.
Who is Jamie Lee Curtis?
Some of the earliest evidence of use dates back to around 8000 BCE, making it the oldest drug ever discovered.
What is cannabis?
Drugs and alcohol affect this area of the brain, also known as the brain's reward system.
What is the limbic system?
The use of FDA-approved medications, combined with counseling and therapy, to provide a "whole-patient" approach to the treatment of substance use disorders.
What is Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)?
These two men are credited with founding Alcoholics Anonymous.
This comedian speaks openly about his past struggles with drugs and alcohol. Now sober since 2002, he is a public voice for recovery, calling for addiction to be treated as a disease rather than a crime.
Who is Russell Brand?