Vocabulary
A behavioral syndrome characterized by the repeated, compulsive seeking or use of a substance despite adverse social, psychological, and/or physical consequences, and a need for an increased amount of the substance, as time goes on, to achieve the same effect.
What is Addiction
The name of a support group for men and women who have a desire to stop using drugs or alcohol.
What is (AA, NA, CMA, CA, 12 Step Fellowship, Dharma, SMART Recovery, Celebrate Recovery, etc.)
This type of addiction is when the BODY itself feels a direct need for a drug.
What is Physical Dependency
The most commonly abused drug across the nation
What is Alcohol.
It is also the 3rd most common cause of death in the U.S.
The major organ that is directly effected the most by alcohol and drug use.
What is the Brain
The metabolic process by which the toxic qualities of a poison or toxin are reduced by the body. Pertaining to addiction it is generally a medically supervised treatment for alcohol or drug addiction designed to purge the body of intoxicating or addictive substances
What is Detox
The name of this prayer: 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
This type of addiction is when the MIND sends the body a message that it needs more of a drug.
What is Psychological Dependency
What drug category has the highest chance for overdose?
What is Opioids
This liver disease is common amongst individuals who struggle with alcoholism
What is cirrhosis
________________ is the pleasure chemical in our brains that plays a major role in substance abuse and addiction
What is Dopamine
The name of a support group for family members of alcoholics?
What is Al-Anon
Normal neurobiological event characterized by the need to increase the dose over time to obtain the original effect. A state in which a drug produces a diminishing biological or behavioral response; in other words, higher doses are needed to produce the same effect experienced initially.
What is Tolerance
The fastest addictive drug
What is Nicotine
The brain does not fully finish developing until it reaches this age
What is age 25
This term is used when someone enters a critical state from taking too much of a substance or blend of substances into the body
What is an Overdose
Daily Double!!
What are some of the benefits of attending 12 Step groups? Name at least 5
What is: Shared experience, Mutual Support, Peer-led, Voluntary, Reduce isolation, Offer Support and Encouragement, Share Coping Strategies, Increase Self-Esteem, Build a Support Network,
What are some common risk factors for addiction? Name at least 2
What are: Genetics, Mental Health Disorders (co-occurring), Trauma and Stress, Early Exposure, Social Environment
Consuming a large amount of alcohol in a short period of time.
What is Binge Drinking.
Women - 4 or more drinks
Men - 5 or more drinks
True or False: One disposable vape is equivalent to smoking about 20 packs of cigarettes.
What is True.
Negative, incorrect beliefs, stereotypes, and labels are another name for this
What is Stigma
Which of the 12 Steps asks you to make a searching and fearless moral inventory of your past?
What is Step 4.
Daily Double!!
What are at least 5 common signs and symptoms of addiction?
What are: Tolerance, Withdrawal, Loss of Control, Neglecting Responsibilities, Relationship Problems, Secrecy and Deception, Changes in Appearance, Mood swings
______ is the use of FDA-approved medications, in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies to provide a “whole-patient” approach to the treatment of substance use disorders.
What is Medicated Assisted Treatment
Daily Double!!
What is it called when you have both a Mental Health Illness and an Addiction of any kind?
What is a Co-Occurring Disorder or Dual Diagnosis