Addiction
What is the fastest acting drug?
Nicotine
These can be internal or external, and can provoke relapse
Triggers
Internal
These meetings are seen as beneficial to those who are in recovery.
What is on the Counseling for Change Logo?
An hour glass
What is the most common addiction across the nation?
Alcohol Abuse
- As of 2020, 79.5% of Americans abuse alcohol.
Something outside of your person that can provoke relapse?
External Triggers
Old Friends
External
What is it when someone has something greater than themselves in Recovery
A higher power
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What is a powerful desire for something that usually passes?
Craving
Something inside your person that can provoke relapse?
One of the most common and effective coping skills a person in early recovery can develop is:
this string of behaviors characterized by a "sequence of actions regularly followed by someone"
Developing a routine
What is the metal tip of a shoelace called
Aglet
With continued substance abuse the brain will stop producing this chemical that enables pleasure
Dopamine
What type of trigger is people, places, things
(Can also think senses)
external trigger
External
These help us manage our emotions related to difficult times to improve emotional health and help to grow as people
(Behaviors, Attitudes, and Approaches)
Healthy Coping Skills
True or false, no number before 1,000 contains the letter A
True
What is the first symptom experienced as a sign that you're developing a substance abuse disorder?
Increased Tolerance
What types of triggers are emotions, thoughts, memories?
Internal Triggers
What does H.A.L.T stand for
Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired
List two types of treatment available for those who are in recovery
Why do sea otters hold hands when they sleep?
So they do not drift apart