P.A.W.S
What does P.A.W.S. stand for ?
What is Post acute withdrawal symptoms ?
What is modifying problem behavior, implementing a plan and revising, as needed ?
What is the ACTION Stage of Change ?
What is the process of allowing the body to rid itself of a drug while helping prevent or ease withdrawal symptoms ?
What is detox ?
What is the number #1 pleasure neurotransmitter that becomes depleted after long-term continued use of mind-altering substances?
What is dopamine ?
What is the 2 co-founders names of the birth of AA ?
What is Bill Wilson and DR. Bob Smith ?
What is the part of the person that "wakes up" and causes a lot of distress in early recovery ?
What is the EMOTIONAL roller coaster?
What is sustaining accomplishments and living a new "way of life" ?
What is the MAINTENANCE Stage of Change ?
What gets you moving, assists with reducing isolation, encourages you to get a job or go to work, suggests you build a support network, and is staffed 24 hours a day ?
What is a Halfway house/Sober house ?
All drugs of abuse, from nicotine to heroin, cause a particularly powerful surge of dopamine to what area of the brain ?
What is the nucleus accumbens ?
What is the year Narcotics Anonymous was founded ?
What is 1953 ?
What is the greater aspect of your problem now that you have made it past detox ?
What is your thinking?
What is when a person has no intention of changing their behavior for the foreseeable future and may not see the behavior as a problem when asked ?
What is PRECONTEMPLATION Stage of Change ?
What is a Law that allows a judge to "involuntarily commit someone whose alcohol or drug use puts themselves, or others, at risk."
What is a Section 35 ?
What area in the brain lays down memories of the rapid sense of satisfaction when putting substances in your body?
What is the hippocampus?
What is the name of the American medical doctor and specialist in the treatment of alcoholism whom also wrote the Doctor's Opinion in the Alcoholic Anonymous book ?
What is DR William D. Silkworth "Silkie" ?
What part of early recovery impairs brain function, which can exacerbate the symptoms of post-acute withdrawal syndrome ?
What is STRESS ?
What is beginning to increase self-regulation, setting goals, changing priorities and DEVELOPING a change plan ?
What is the PREPERATION Stage of Change?
What is the phase of tx that generally consists of 10-12 hours of group and individual therapy each week, plus encouraged participation in a 12-step program, according to the Stages of Addiction Treatment ?
What is IOP (Level 2) Intensive Outpatient ?
What part of the brain deals with emotion and stress and creates a conditioned response to certain stimuli ?
What is the amygdyla ?
What is the most popular AA Slogan ?
What is ONE DAY AT A TIME ?
What is present in up to 53% of people but undetected during the substance abuse now becomes more prevalent in the early stages of recovery
What is a mental illness ?
What is considering pros and cons of change ?
What is the CONTEMPLATION Stage of Change ?
What is meeting with a person who has made some progress in the recovery program and shares that experience on a continuous, individual basis with another addict/alcoholic.
What is sponsorship ?
What are the 3 components needed for the likelihood that the use of a drug will lead to addiction ?
What is the SPEED with which it promotes dopamine release, The INTENSITY of that release, the RELIABILITY of that release?
What is an immediate and overwhelming "God Consciousness" followed at once by a vast change in feeling and outlook ? BB. p567
What is a SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE ?