Addiction 101
Precontemplation( Denial)
The body’s reaction when a person suddenly stops or reduces using a drug they’ve become dependent on. It can cause symptoms like anxiety, sweating, shaking, nausea, and cravings.
withdrawal
A person, place, thing or event that can result in psychological and then physical relapse.
Trigger
This MAT is used to cope with craving and withdrawal from opioids
Suboxone
These three things are important to change when in recovery?
What are People, Places, and Things?
Alcohol
Legal BAC limit
0.08
The need to increase the dose over time to obtain the original effect
Tolerance
This MAT is used to assist with cravings and withdrawal from alcohol
Vivitrol
It's a free support group for people who want to stop drinking
Alcoholics Anonymous
What is MAT?
Things that can distract you from using. They help you deal with triggers. Examples: Going to the gym, watching movies, going to meetings
What are coping skills?
A form of treatment wear the patient lives in a recovery facility
Inpatient treatment or residential treatment
Highly addictive drug made from opium
Heroin
It's a free support group for people who want to stop using substances other than alcohol
Narcotics Anonymous
What is dopamine?
Powerful addictive drug made from coca plant
Cocaine
Medically supervised treatment for alcohol or drug addiction designed to purge the body of intoxicating or addictive substances
Detox
What is the fourth stage of change?
action
These are most severe in the first 4 to 6 months of abstinence and diminish gradually over several years of sustained abstinence.
What are PAWS symptoms?
The name of a support group for family members of alcoholics
What is Al-Anon?
A mindfulness technique used to manage cravings and impulses by observing them as temporary waves that will eventually subside.
What is urge surfing?
An event that seeks to increase an addict's desire to quit by confronting them. It's also the name of a tv show.
What is an Intervention?
This type of addiction is when the BODY itself feels a direct need for a drug.
What is Physical Dependency?
A medicine that quickly reverses an opioid overdose
Narcan