Know the Terms
What is the term for behaviors that support someone’s addiction?
Enabling
What is the primary brain chemical that spikes during substance use?
Dopamine
An event that seeks to increase an alcoholic's desire to quit by confronting them.
Intervention
Commonly considered to be the "Gateway Drug"?
Marijuana
This step is known for sparking hope that help might come from a source greater than oneself.
Step Two
What do we call it when using a substance for a long period of time leads to a mental or physical need for it (or relying on it)?
Dependence
Which organ is commonly damaged by heavy alcohol use?
Liver
What do we create to avoid returning to substance use?
Relapse Prevention Plan
A powerful, addictive, central nervous system depressant produced by fermentation of yeast.
Alcohol
In this step, individuals often talk about taking a hard, honest look at themselves.
Step Four
What word describes when someone actively stops using any substances entirely?
Abstinence
How long does it take your body to break down 1 unit of alcohol?
1 Hour
What was it called when the American government banned the sale and consumption of alcohol in the 1920's?
Prohibition
The most commonly consumed psychoactive substance on earth
Caffeine
Often alluded to as the point of making a list. This step prepares one to face and mend past hurtful actions.
Step Eight
This term refers to the co-occurrence of substance use disorder with another mental health condition.
Dual-Diagnosis (or co-occurring disorder)
This population absorbs alcohol slower because they have less of the enzyme which breaks it down.
Women
When someone projects unresolved emotions from earlier life experiences onto a new person in their life, they’re experiencing this psychological process.
Transference
Street name “angel dust,” this hallucinogen was once used as an anesthetic but caused severe psychological effects.
PCP
This step involves asking for help to shed one’s personal baggage and imperfections.
Step 7
What are four vulnerable states that raise relapse risk? (there is a common recovery acronym for this)
Also known as HALT.
HUNGRY
ANGRY
LONELY
TIRED
This part of the brain’s frontal lobe helps with decision-making and self-control, but drug use weakens its ability to resist cravings.
Pre-Frontal Cortex
About what percentage of those addicted to substances receive treatment? (Closest wins)
8.8%
91.2% in addiction do not seek treatment.
Taken in micrograms, this powerful hallucinogen can cause profound perceptual changes and was extensively researched in the 1960s for therapeutic use.
LSD
Commonly discussed as the moment of unburdening oneself, this step involves confessing past missteps to another trusted person.
Step Five