Addiction
You can go to one of these to be with others in recovery. This can help you to remember that you can get through this. Get other people’s names and numbers to call in case of future cravings and urges.
What are support groups/recovery meetings?
This actor/comedian who lived in the bay area struggled with addiction and substance abuse. He committed suicide in 2014.
Who is Robin Williams?
Negative, incorrect beliefs, stereotypes, and labels are another name for this
What is Stigma?
What drug was synthesized from ephedrine in 1918 and also used in WW II?
What is methamphetamine?
The major organ that is directly effected the most by drug use.
What is the brain?
The name of a support group for family members of alcoholics
What is Al-Anon?
This rapper got sober on 4/20/2008 with the help of Elton John
Who is Eminem?
a predominantly negative affective state that begins in early abstinence and can persist for 4–6 months or potentially longer. Typical symptoms include anxiety, dysphoria, anhedonia, sleep disturbance, cravings, cognitive impairment, and irritability.
What is post acute withdrawal syndrome (PAWS)?
Name two important risk factors for addiction.
Genetics, environment, early age, stress/trauma, or mental health history.
The brain finishes developing once you reach this age.
What is 25?
This type of addiction is when the BODY itself feels a direct need for a drug.
What is Physical Dependency?
This famous musician had an exceedingly high amount of fentanyl in their system due to taking counterfeit Vicodin when they died in 2016
Who is Prince?
The need to increase the dose over time to obtain the original effect. In other words, higher doses are needed to produce the same effect experienced initially.
What is tolerance?
Name two things that can decrease a person's chance of developing an addiction?
Complete abstinence, drug education, and healthy coping skills
What is it called when you have both a Mental Health illness and addiction of any kind.
What is a co-occurring disorder or dual diagnosis?
Cocaine or Methamphemine are examples of this kind of drug
What are stimulants?
DOUBLE DOUBLE! This Marvel actor has struggled with alcoholism over the years.
Who is Robert Downey Jr.?
The process by which a poison or toxin is removed from the body and generally medically supervised treatment designed to purge the body of intoxicating or addictive substances.
What is detox?
The younger people use substances, the less chance they have at becoming addicted. True or false?
False. The younger one begins using the more chance they have at becoming addicted.
This liver disease is common amongst individuals who struggle with alcoholism.
What is cirrhosis?
What is the formal name for addiction as a diagnosed medical condition
What is Substance Use Disorder (SUD)?
This country star shares his struggles with addiction and incarceration to inspire others, and has even testified before the US Senate about the fentanyl crisis
Who is Jelly Roll?
A neurotransmitter in the brain that is triggered by substances and causes a repeat in behaviors?
What is dopamine?
Withdrawal from these two types of substances can be deadly without medical supervision
What is benzodiazepines and/or alcohol?
This liver condition is common amongst IV drug users.
What is Hepatitis C?