Addiction Science
Often abbreviated PAWS, these are concerns such as irritability, difficulty concentrating, or sleep challenges which can last a few months or years after stopping use of a substance
What is Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome?
A single ice crystal that has achieved a sufficient size which falls through the Earth's atmosphere, and is also a traditional symbol during the winter season in the US
What is a snowflake?
This is an outline of coping skills and ideas for managing cravings to promote ongoing sobriety and avoid relapses
What is a Relapse Prevention Plan?
Rudolph is the name of this type of animal in a popular holiday song
What is a reindeer?
Founded in 1935 in Ohio, this community-led group now exists in over 180 countries
What is Alcoholics Anonymous?
This neurotransmitter is important in the pleasure/reward system in the brain which can impact addiction
What is dopamine?
Despite appearances, this substance is actually clear, not white
What is snow?
Using these kinds of statements can help to communicate thoughts, feelings, and needs when setting boundaries
What are "I" statements?
A candelabra that is traditionally lit during the eight night celebration of Hanukkah
What is a menorah?
A recovery program that uses Buddhist principles and practices to treat and recover from all forms of addiction
What is Refuge Recovery?
One of the criteria for substance use disorder, this is the experience of needing to use more of a substance to get the same effect OR using the same amount of the substance but with diminished effects
What is tolerance?
Snow can absorb _____, giving a calmer/quieter ambience on snow days
What is sound?
Name three coping skills helpful for Relapse Prevention
What is a join a support group, grounding techniques, deep breathing, making an emergency contact list, playing the tape through, etc.?
The lighting of ______ on November 30th is televised nationally and boasts a Swarovski star that weighs approximately 900 pounds
What is the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree?
The phrase "a friend of Bill W." means this
What is it encompassing various meanings, all connected to recovering from alcoholism/addiction or attending AA meetings. It can give people in recovery a way to identify and connect with one another.
The percentage amount that genetics affect someone risk of addiction developing an addiction
What is 40%-60%?
This European language is said to have over 400 terms related to snow/snowflakes
What is the Scots language?
Name 3 reasons the holidays can increase relapse risk
What is change in schedule/routine, more stress, being around family, around others who may be using, etc.?
This wintertime celebration, lasting from December 26th to January 1st, was created in 1966 and derives its name from a Swahili phrase which means “first fruits”
What is Kwanzaa?
This nationwide non-profit offers science-based self-helps groups teaching Self-Management and Recovery Training for recovery
What is SMART Recovery?
The three substances with the most dangerous (for some even deadly) withdrawal symptoms
What is alcohol, benzodiazepines and opioids?
In winter storms, visibility has to be below around 650 feet and wind speeds must reach around 30 mph to be classified as ______
What is a blizzard?
H.A.L.T. is an acronym for things that can make individuals more vulnerable for relapse
What is hunger, anger, loneliness, and tiredness?
A busy shopping season, the average American spends about $____ on gifts and holiday items during the winter months
What is nearly $1000?
According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 (DSM-5), an individual who has been in recovery and maintained abstinence from a substance for a year or more is considered ____
What is in sustained remission?