Vocabulary
neuropsychological disorder characterized by a persistent and intense urge to use a drug or engage in a behaviour that produces natural reward, despite substantial harm and other negative consequences
What is addiction?
The abbreviation for Intensive Outpatient Treatment
What is IOP?
H, Black Tar, Mud, Smack
What is heroin?
Disney Channel music star who struggled with crack cocaine and heroin use and survived an overdose in 2017.
Who is Demi Lovato?
The brain finishes developing once you reach this age.
What is 25?
Common reaction of people with substance use disorders who when confronted with the existence of these disorders, state that they have a problem and/or have lost control of it
What is denial?
An _________ is an orchestrated attempt by one or many people to get someone to seek help with an addiction.
What is an intervention?
Hash, Kush, Green, Grass
What is marijuana?
The author of books such as Carrie, The Shining, and Pet Sematary struggled with alcohol and prescription drug use for years.
Who is Stephen King?
What substance is the most common DOC in those who struggle with addiction?
to rid the body or a bodily organ of a poison, toxin, or drug. Normally, a medically supervised treatment for alcohol and drug adduction to purge the body.
What is detox?
Form of treatment where the patient lives in a recovery facility
What is inpatient?
Snow, Rock, Bump
What is cocaine?
The singer songwriter of Piano Man struggled with alcohol use for years before entering rehab and ended up going twice.
Who is Billy Joel?
The name of a support group for family members of alcoholics.
What is Al-Anon?
A person, place, or thing that can result in a psychological and then physical relapse.
What is a trigger?
A group of people in which the user may meet with frequently in a therapeutic session that share similar issues that help each other through recovery?
What is a support group?
Acid, Dots, Lucy, Tabs
What is LSD?
This Marvel actor struggled with alcoholism for many years.
!Daily Double!
Who is Robert Downey Jr?
The amount of times stronger fentanyl is than morphine.
What is 100 times?
Normal neurobiological event characterized by the need to increase the dose over time to obtain the original effect.
What is tolerance?
A slip from recovery where the patient returns back to their old habit/addictive behavior
What is relapse?
Duster, White out, Laughing Gas, Moon Gas
This actress is most well known for playing Princess Leia has spoken out about having bipolar disorder and being in recovery from cocaine and prescription drug use.
Who is Carrie Fisher?
The major organ that is directly affected the most by drug use.
What is the brain?