VOCABULARY
These are people, places, things, feelings, and times that cause cravings.
What are triggers?
H.A.L.T.
What is Hungry, Angry, Lonely, and Tired?
The first stage of change.
What is pre-contemplation?
This "mean girl" is known for a slew of legal charges such as DUI, possession, alleged larceny of a $2500 necklace, and probation violations due to failing drug tests.
Who is Lindsay Lohan?
Every Halloween, Charlie Brown waits with his friend Linus to wait for this.
What is the Great Pumpkin?
The metabolic process by which the toxic qualities of a poison or toxin are reduced by the body. In addiction, it is generally supervised by medical professionals.
What is withdrawal?
S.M.A.R.T. goals?
What is Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time-Sensitive?
Experimentation and recreational use.
What is the first stage of addiction?
This metallic superhero first tried drugs at the age of six. In 1996 until he received his first drug-related legal charge, which triggered a long and sad decline of his career. He has since been able to recover from addiction and regain his life.
Who is Robert Downey Jr.?
Name at least one way to ward off a vampire.
Garlic; cross or rosary; stabbing him with a wooden stake; etc.
A planned attempt by one or more people – usually family and friends – to encourage a loved one to seek professional help for their addiction.
What is an intervention?
S.A.T.O.P.
What is Substance Awareness Traffic Offender Program?
The third stage of addiction.
What is Increasing Dependency?
This smiley supervillain passed away after an overdose in 2008.
Who is Heath Ledger?
This Catholic holiday immediately follows Halloween.
What is All Souls' Day?
Becoming overly emotionally invested in someone else's addiction and/or recovery.
What is codependency?
F.E.A.R.
What is F*** Everything And Run?
or
What is Face Everything And Recover?
This step asks you to take a "searching and fearless moral inventory of your past."
What is Step 4?
This A&E reality show portrays people confronting their loved ones about addiction.
What is Intervention?
Transylvania is a region of this country.
What is Romania?
The "pleasure chemical" present in the brain, which plays a big role in substance use and addiction.
What is dopamine?
P.A.W.S.
What is Post-Acute Recovery Syndrome?
Characteristics of this stage of change include: remaining alert to high-risk situations; keeping focus on relapse prevention; and behavioral changes that have been sustained for at least six months.
What is Middle Stage?
Somewhere over the rainbow, this classic beauty struggled with drug addiction and depression for majority of her adult life, until her death by overdose at age 47.
Who is Judy Garland?
Complete the following chant: "Double, double, toil and _________."
What is trouble?