Disease concept
Persisting for a long time and ongoing is a definition of this disease concept
What is chronic?
The active chemical found in xanax
What is alprazolam?
a person, place, or event that surfaces the urge for someone to use in recovery.
What is a trigger?
The 2nd step of NA asks for us to believe in something greater than ourselves, also known as our
What is a higher power?
50 million people in the US use this substance, which is nearly 1 out of every 5
What is nicotine?
Effects all areas of life, spreading.
What is pervasive
These are the most abused form of prescription drugs
What are opioids? (painkillers)
A powerful desire for something that usually passes
What is a craving?
A trigger can be defined as either _(something within ourselves), or _ (something outside ourselves)
What is internal or external?
This substance has the highest death rate among all substances, and kills more people in the U.S every year than suicide
What is fentanyl?
Development of tolerance; needing more and more of a substance to gain the required effect, is due to this disease concept.
What is progressive?
This prescription painkiller is often called "synthetic heroin", and even has the nickname "hillbilly heroin"
What is Oxycontin?
The most common trigger for relapse, and the reason why "staying busy" is so important.
What is boredem?
The methods a person uses to deal with stressful situations. These may help a person face a situation, take action, and be flexible and persistent in solving problems
What is a coping skill?
A recent study shows this substance DECREASING in the US, and is at its lowest use rate in 90 years. This decrease is led largely by the younger generation (18-34 years old) who dropped by 10% in the last 2 years.
What is alcohol?
Due to it's progressive nature, addiction is fatal. This many people die from drug overdoses every year in the US
100,000
The prescription drugs used to treat ADD and ADHD fall into this category
What are stimulants?
What type of triggers are activated by what you see, hear, smell, taste, or feel?
What are sensory triggers?
A designated person we can reach out to after a slip/relapse or when our triggers are piling up is known as
What is a sponsor?
The potency of this drug has increased significantly over the past few decades, with reports of the substance being 4% potency in the 90s, and today being 15-20% potency.
What is the marijuana plant?
Addiction's recognition as a disease evolved, with the American Medical Association (AMA) calling alcoholism a disease in 1956 and addiction in this year
1987
First synthesized in 1912, this drug was used in therapy to help patients feel more empathy and open up during sessions. It was made illegal in 1985 when it became popular in the rave/party scene.
What is ecstasy?
The first symptom of a drug dependence
What is tolerance?
The year in which AA was founded
What is 1935?
The truth about recovery rates depends on the type of substance, the approach to addiction treatment, and the support a person receives along the way. According to research, long-term recovery is widespread, with relapse rates around this %
What is 50%?