Substances
Most commonly used addictive substance across the US.
With continued substance abuse, the brain will stop producing this brain chemical that enables pleasure.
What is Dopamine?
the resumption of substance use or harmful behaviors after a period of abstinence
What is Relapse?
Step 4
What is personal inventory?
A professional specializing in treating addiction is known as...
What is an Addiction Counselor or LCDC?
Quickest addictive substance.
What is Nicotine?
Feelings of extreme sadness, shame, guilt, fatigue, and/or despair?
What is depression?
Quality or state of not being under the influence.
What is sobriety?
Person who guides you through the steps.
What is a sponsor?
DAILY DOUBLE!
Your favorite Harmony Road counselor.
Who is Hayley?
A cue that can spark an intense emotion or craving.
What is trigger?
Stress disorder AFTER traumatic event...
What is PTSD?
the compulsive use of substances
What is addiction?
Onsite Treatment for addiction
What is Residential Treatment/REHAB?
Definition of insanity
What is doing the same over and over and expecting different results?
A powerful desire for something that usually passes.
What is a Craving?
DAILY DOUBLE
The ability to identify, manage, and constructively modify emotional responses to stress,
What is emotional regulation?
the need to increase the dose over time to obtain the original effect. (In other words, higher doses are needed to produce the same "high".)
What is tolerance?
Something greater than yourself in recovery.
What is your Higher Power?
A point in the treatment process where the user rids themselves of the drugs left in their body
What is detox?
A substance with a high death rate in the U.S., higher than suicide.
What is Fentanyl?
Fentanyl was involved in 69% of drug overdose deaths in 2023. https://usafacts.org/articles/are-fentanyl-overdose-deaths-rising-in-the-us/
normal emotion characterized by feelings of fear, dread, and uneasiness, often in response to a perceived future threat
What is anxiety?
The 4 Cs of Recovery
Craving, Compulsion, Control, and Consequences
Your personal story of recovery.
What is testimony?
The 5 Rules of Recovery.