Types of Drugs
This classification od drugs increases heart rate, alertness, and excitation
What are Stimulants?
What is withdrawal?
_________ is the pleasure chemical in our brains that plays a major role in substance abuse and addiction
What is Dopamine?
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?
Peoples, Places, and Things are examples of what
What are Triggers?
___________ is the fastest acting drug
What is Nicotine?
This is what happens when you need larger amounts of a substances to achieve the desired effect
What is Tolerance ?
This part of the brain is responsible for decision making and executive function
What is the Prefrontal Cortex?
H.A.L.T. stands for :
What is Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired?
This is the leading cause of preventable disease, disability, and death in the US
What is Tobacco?
This illegal substance is made from the white, milky liquid exuded from the opium poppy
What is Heroin ?
This phase of withdrawal occurs weeks/monts after substance use has stopped
What is PAWS ( Post acute withdrawal symptom)
These are chemical signals that instruct a neuron to do something
What are Neurotransmitters?
This step asks you to make a fearless and searching moral inventory of your past
What is the 4th Step?
After just one use, this drug can be seen in brain and toxicology screens for 3-6 weeks.
What is Marijuana?
Withdrawal from this substance can cause agitation, fever, hallucinations, seizures, and sever confusion
What is Alcohol?
Uncontrollable craving for the drug, loss of control, use despite negative consequences, chronic biological brain disease, psychological and physical dependence
What is Addiction?
A structure of the brain referred to as the "Reptilian brain" responsible for the 'fight/flight' response
What is the Amygdala?
There indispensable spiritual principles in the 12 step fellowship. Acronym for HOW
This gender is more likely to start using drugs in High school.
What is Both Genders?
This class of drugs are natural and synthetic drugs that distort thinking, awareness and the senses
What are hallucinogens?
Shellene has a high tolerance for alcohol which also gives her ability to have high tolerance for benzos, this is an example of?
The nucleus accumbens located in the ________ of the brain is responsible for reinforcing the rewarding effects of a substance
What is 'mid-brain'?
This recovery network was established in the 1940s in CA, and asserts that the program is based on people helping people
What is Narcotics Anonymous?