Most common addiction across the nation...
What is alcohol?
68% of Americans aged 18 and older used alcohol in the last year.
Substance with a high death rate in the U.S., higher than suicide
What is Fentanyl?
Process by which the body rids itself of a drug...
What is Detoxification?
What is the drug used to reverse an overdose?
What is Naloxone or Narcan
A professional specializing in treating mental & emotional disorders is known as...
What is a Psychologist, Psychiatrist, Therapist, or Counselor?
Alcohol affects which organ the most?
What is liver
How often should you self-examination to avoid relapse
What is everyday?
Is the fastest addicting drug...
What is Nicotine?
Gives you too much time to be with your own thoughts
What is isolation/boredom?
What is STEP 1 in NA/AA
Admit that we are powerless over out addiction and that our lives have become unmanageable.
Feelings of extreme sadness, shame, guilt and/or dispair...
What is Depression?
Feelings of worry, uneasiness, or dread...
What is Anxiety?
When you take more of a substance to achieve the same affects you have built a
What is tolerance
It is referred to as an inability to maintain behavior change over time.
What is a Relapse?
Violent or aggressive behavior within the home.
What is Domestic Violence?
Stress disorder AFTER traumatic event...
What is PTSD?
Abstain from ALL illicit drugs and alcohol...
What is Sobriety or being clean?
What does MAT stand for?
What is Medication assisted treatment
What are some ways to stay motivated in recovery.
goals, reminders, support, rewards
What does HALT stand for?
What is Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired
Person who guides you through the steps and principals.
What is a sponsor or sober support?
A powerful desire for something that usually passes.
What is a Craving?
Something that makes you want to use
What are triggers
1st symptom experienced as a sign you're developing a substance abuse disorder...
what is Increased tolerance?
What is Crosstalk?
What is two people engaging in a private conversation during a meeting?
What is insanity?
What is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results
What is step 10
Continue to take personal inventory and when you are wrong to it.
What is step 8
Make a list of people we have harmed and make amends to them all.
With continued substance abuse, the brain will stop producing this brain chemical that enables pleasure..
What is Dopamine?
Something greater than yourself in recovery
HIGHER POWER
It is ________ and not ________.
What is Progress and Perfection
What is a Testimony
What is a personal story of recovery?
What is a BAC?
People, places, and things that cause the brain to want to use substances
What is triggers
What does PTSD stand for?
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder