MAT
ADDICTION TERMS
12 STEPS
STAGES OF CHANGE
COMMON SUBSTANCES
100

TAKEN DAILY AVAILABLE IN LIQUID, POWDER, OR DISKETTES. A LONG ACTING OPIOD AGONIST, REDUCES CRAVINGS, AND WITHDRAWAL AND BLOCKS EFFECTS OF OPIODS

METHADONE

100

PERIOD OF DISCOMFORT SUFFERED WHEN A CHRONIC SUBSTANCE USER BEGINS TO SOBER UP

WITHDRAWAL

100

WE ADMITTED WE WERE POWERLESS OVER OUR ADDICTION

STEP 1

100

DO NOT INTEND TO TAKE ACTION

PRECONTEMPLATION

100

MOST ABUSED SUBSTANCE IN THE WORLD

ALCOHOL. 

200

BUPRENORPHINE EXTENDED RELEASE INJECTION

SUBLOCADE

200

REOCCURANCE OF ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOR AFTER A PERIOD OF SOBRIETY 

RELAPSE

200

WE MADE A DECISION TO TURN OUR WILL AND OUR LIVES OVER TO THE CARE OF GOD

STEP 3

200

INTEND TO MAINTAIN THE BEHAVIOR CHANGE MOVING FORWARD

MAINTENANCE

200

THE SEDATIVE PROPERTIES OF THE DRUG IMPARIES USERS WHICH CAN LEAD TO RECKLESS BEHAVIOR. 

MARIJUANA

300

USED TO REVERSE OPIOD OVERDOSES AND CAN TREAT NARCOTIC OVERDOSE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION

NARCAN

300

A ONE TIME OCCURANCE OF SUBSTANCE USE AFTER A PERIOD OF SOBRIETY 

SLIP

300

WE ADMITTED TO GOD, TO OURSELVES, AND OTHERS THE NATURE OF OUR WRONGS

STEP 5

300

INTEND TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD WITH BEHAVIOR CHANGE

ACTION

300

MOST WIDELY USED PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCE IN THE WORLD

CAFFEINE

400

NALTREXONE. BLOCKS THE EFFECTS OF OPIOD MEDICATION, INCLUDING PAIN RELIEF OR FEELINGS OF WELL-BEING

VIVITROL

400

WHEN SUBSTANCE USERS WHO SUFFER FROM CHRONIC PAIN OR MENTAL ILLNESS USE THE PRESCRIPTION DRUG OF CHOICE TO LESSEN THE SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH CONDITIONS

SELF-MEDICATING 

400

WE HUMBLY ASKED HIM TO REMOVE OUR SHORTCOMINGS.  

STEP 7

400

READY TO TAKE ACTION. TAKING SMALL STEPS TOWARD CHANGE

PREPARATION

400

CLASS OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS USED TO TREAT VARIOUS ANXIETY AND SLEEP DISORDERS. 

BENZODIAZEPINES

500

COMBINATION OF 2 DRUGS THAT WORK CHEMICALLY TO DECREASE THE SEVERITY OF WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS AND REDUCE DEPENDENCE

SUBOXONE

500

A PERSON WHO SUFFERS FROM SUBSTANCE USE. BUT DOESN'T HAVE ONLY ONE DRUG OF CHOICE. 

POLY DRUG USER

500

WE SOUGHT THROUGH PRAYER AND MEDITATION TO IMPROVE OUR CONSCIOUS CONTACT WITH GOD. PRAYING ONLY FOR KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WILL FOR US AND THE POWER TO CARRY OUT

STEP 11

500

FEELINGS OF AMBIVALENCE TOWARD BEHAVIOR CHANGE

CONTEMPLATION

500

ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS DRUGS ON THE PLANET. CAUSES BREATHING CESSATION, HEART INFECTION, LIVER DISEASE, COLLAPSED VEINS, AND DEATH

HEROIN