Celebrities
This Actor was Born in Dayton, Ohio and starred as Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee in Sorkin's London West End production of A Few Good Men
Rob Lowe
What does
PAWS Stand for?
Post acute withdrawal syndrome
Some patients report that treatment with this medications can help reduce withdrawal cravings for opioids. Helps relax muscles and aches
Robaxin
These are central nervous system depressants prescribed to treat anxiety, insomnia, and seizures.
Benzodiazepines
This neurotransmitter is most commonly associated with the reward system affected by addiction
Dopamine
This artist is known as the best-selling rapper and one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with estimated sales of over 220 million records. He has been sober since April 20, 2008, following a near-fatal methadone overdose in 2007
Eminem (Marshall Mathers)
PAWS symptoms can last anywhere from?
a few months to two years
This is an anti-nausea medication used primarily to prevent nausea and vomiting caused by specific medical treatment
Zofran
These drugs are psychoactive drugs that alter a person’s mood, thoughts, and sense of reality.
Hallucinogens
When a person needs more of a substance to produce the same effect, it is called this.
Tolerance
This legendary blues guitar hero experience heavy alcohol and heroin addiction early in his career, during the 1960s and 1970s
Eric Clapton
Which substance use usually feels these PAWS symptoms:
Anxiety, depression, sleep problems, cravings, irritability, fatigue
ETOH
For the treatment of symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking and Acute Agitation
Zyprexa
These are substances that are manufactured, sold, obtained, and used illegally. They are often impure and have varying levels of toxicity.
Illicit Drugs
An experienced member who provides guidance and support to someone new to recovery
Sponsor
This famous author of “Oliver Twist” experienced depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. Both these conditions likely contributed to his documented excess use of opium.
Charles Dickens
Which substance use usually feels these PAWS symptoms:
Cognitive fog, muscle pain, tremors
Benzos
This medication helps with the treatment of insomnia characterized by difficulty staying asleep. At these low doses, it acts primarily as a potent antihistamine, which helps promote sleep.
Doxepin
These are volatile vapors and gases that are misused for their short-lived, mind-altering effects.
Inhalants
A common 12-step slogan that encourages focusing on the present moment.
"One Day at a Time"?
The most famous and successful horror author in history has been in recovery for 33 year and whose books and movies have scared the pants off of audiences for decades, reports heavy drug and alcohol use in the 1970s. His family staged an intervention, and he’s been in recovery since.
Stephen King
Which substance use usually feels these PAWS symptoms:
Vivid dreams, irritability, headaches, disrupted sleep
Cannabis
is used to treat the shaking of parts of the body, stiffness, slowed movements, and problems with balance. It works by acting in place of dopamine, a natural substance in the brain that is needed to control movement.
Ropinirole (Requip)
These are powerful pain-relieving drugs often abused for their euphoric effect
Opioids
The most commonly used illicit drug in the US.
marijuana