What Does That Mean?
This is the use of mood-altering drugs that interferes with or has a negative effect on a person’s life.
What is drug abuse?
This is the most common used drug in the world.
What is caffeine?
This is the first stage in the cycle of addiction.
What is the activating event?
This is the ___________.
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?
The group of people are the primary abusers of anabolic steroids?
Who are athletes?
This can be described as a primary, chronic, and disabling condition with genetic, psychosocial, and environmental factors influencing its development and outcome. It involves compulsion, loss of control, and continued use despite negative consequences.
What is addiction?
The side effects of stimulants are _______________ when consumed in small doses.
What are less noticeable?
This is what occurs after the pay-off of using has worn off.
What are negative emotions (ex. guilt and shame)?
These are people who have been in recovery for a significant period of time that help newcomers by guiding them through the 12 steps and the early days of the newcomer's recovery.
What are sponsors?
Anabolic steroids are a type of drug used to build and strengthen muscles and is made from this.
What is testosterone?
This occurs when individuals with physical dependence to alcohol or other drugs cut down or stop taking the drug and experience symptoms that are typically the opposite of the effect produced by the drug.
What are withdrawal symptoms?
This speeds up and becomes harder when an individual consumes or ingest stimulants.
What is heart beat?
This is the first thing to occur after the activating event?
What is the initial thought?
This book explains the principles of the AA program and tells the stories of others who have gotten sober through AA.
What is the Big Book or Alcoholics Anonymous?
This is a term for the aggressive behavior that can happen in a person abusing anabolic steroids.
What is "roid rage"?
This results from prolonged exposure to a mood-altering drug. The cells in the body become accustomed to the drug and begin to adapt to the presence of that drug. Once this happens, the body appears to be in balance only when the drug is present.
What is physical dependence?
This is a psychological condition often seen in stimulant uses due the stimulant speeding up the central nervous system and the flight or fight response.
What is paranoia?
These are thoughts we have that justify our desire to use a substance that occur before we use.
What are permission statements?
This is the only requirement to join AA.
What is to have the desire to stop using alcohol and/or other drugs?
This is a common side effect of abusing anabolic steroids in males.
What is testicles shrink?
This occurs when the user’s body becomes extremely sensitive to a drug, causing an extreme reaction, such as a seizure or a psychotic episode.
What is Reverse tolerance (also known as “ kindling”)?
When people continue to use strong stimulants over a long period of time and/or in large doses, they may experience a state of confusion that often involves hallucinations or delusions and is called ______________.
What is delirium?
These occurs after the initial thought and initial feeling but before the urge to use in the cycle of addiction.
What are thoughts of using or thoughts of fantasizing the drug use?
This is an alternative to 12 Step Programs that uses principles that come from cognitive-behavioral therapy to guide members in getting and staying sober.
What is SMART Recovery?
This is a common side effect of abusing anabolic steroids in females.
What is alters estrogen production?