You're sitting in this type of treatment right now.
I.O.P - Intensive Outpatient
What is step number one?
ADMISSION OF A PROBLEM
Term used for someone "going back out" after a period of clean time.
RELAPSE
Term used for taking both an upper (cocaine) and a downer (heroin etc.)
SPEED-BALLING
Used to bridge the gap in benzodiazepines withdrawal patients.
ATIVAN
A structured enviroment of housing where the occupants work and pay rent while following a program and rules of the house.
SOBER LIVING
This is a foundational suggestion for having someone work with you through the program.
SPONSOR/SPONSORSHIP
These two drugs combined were the most widely abused drugs in 2021.
Alcohol and marijuana have the highest rate of abuse among all drugs.
These types of pharmaceutical drugs are sometimes prescribed for patients with dual diagnosis and report sadness and fear.
ANTIDEPRESSANTS
This medication, in the antihistamine family, is used as a safe comfort med to help combat anxiety.
A level of care where you are medically supervised, but has more freedoms than a typical inpatient facility.
P.H.P. - Partial Hospitalization Program
Who is the initial author of the AA program?
BILL WILSON
How many grams are in an 1/8?
3.5
Gabapentin (Neurontin) comes what MG tablets/pills. (HINT: 5 different MGs)
100, 300, 400, 600, 800
ROBAXIN
Typical setting for those just getting clean and requiring more rigorous monitoring.
AA closes their meetings with this prayer.
LORD'S PRAYER
Medical term used for patients who are both identified as addicts/alcoholics and suffering from mental health problems.
DUAL DIAGNOSIS
This is the mandatory minimum jail time one must serve after getting a 3rd D.U.I. (in N.J.)
180 DAYS
These are the two active ingredients in Suboxone.
BUPRENORPHINE & NALOXONE
This is typically the last level of care on the scale of patient settings for those who have completed inpatient programs.
O.P. - Outpatient (or G.O.P - General Outpatient)
The Big Book was first published in this year.
1939
Buprenorphrine (Suboxone/Subutex) is this type of drug.
OPIOID PARTIAL AGONIST
Effexor, Cymbalta, Pristiq are all examples of this type of antidepressant medication.
SNRI (Serotonin Norepinephrine Re-upake Inhibitor)