Wellbriety
BLANK teachings explain that anything growing always grows as a system of circles and cycles; a cycle of life. One of these principles is the four directions: east, south, west, and north.
What is The Medicine Wheel?
This is a factor in more than 1/2 of all car accidents.
What is alcohol?
A trigger leads to a thought, which leads to a ______, which leads to use.
What is a craving?
Marijuana smoke contains 50-70% more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than does tobacco smoke. Marijuana users usually inhale more deeply and hold their breath longer than tobacco smokers do, which affects this part of the body.
What are the lungs?
A chronic but treatable brain disorder in which people lose the ability to control their need for alcohol or other drugs.
What is addiction?
This is what step of the twelve steps: We admitted we are powerless over alcohol - that our lives have become unmanageable.
What is the First Step?
What are North Dakota, Wisconsin, and Alaska?
We need (blank) to help us work through triggers and cravings.
What are coping skills?
This is a mix of cocaine and baking powder (sodium bicarbonate) which comes as small lumps or "rocks".
What is crack cocaine?
Long-term effects of consuming large quantities of alcohol, especially when combined with poor nutrition can lead to permanent damage to these vital organs.
What are the brain and liver?
This is a Native way of living or path of life that does not include drugs or alcohol.
What is the Red Road?
When alcohol use is stopped, withdrawal symptoms may occur. These include nausea, sweatiness, shaking, and anxiety. These symptoms are usually relieved by drinking more alcohol.
What is physical dependence?
People, places, objects, feelings, and times that cause cravings.
What is a trigger?
This drug is in the same class as Adderall; it has a stimulant effect causing euphoria, energy, and hyperarousal.
What are methamphetamines.
BLANK acts upon specific sites in the brain, called cannabinoid receptors, kicking off a series of cellular reactions that ultimately lead to feeling high when they use this substance.
What is THC/marijuana/cannibus?
What constitutes as a "higher power"?
What is: your own beliefs
God
nature, loving energy, life force
Group
The person has an increasing need for higher amounts of alcohol to feel the same effects as they felt with previous usage.
What is tolerance?
It is necessary to change this in order to avoid triggers that will cause cravings.
What is awareness/habits?
This drug is made from morphine, a natural substance taken from the opium poppy plants that grow in Southeast and Southwest Asia, Mexico, and Colombia.
What is heroin?
What two substances account for the majority of deaths in the western world?
What is alcohol and tobacco?
What days does Wellbriety meet at GLIIHC?
What are Monday's and Tuesdays?
Alcohol is created when grains, fruits, or vegetables are fermented, a process that uses yeast or bacteria to change the (blank) in the food into alcohol.
What are sugars?
What percentage of individuals will relapse within their first year of drug treatment?
What is 85%?
This opioid is 100x more potent than heroin; with a lethal dose of 1 grain of sand.
What is fentanyl?
What are three things that will affect how many drinks it takes for a person to become intoxicated?
What is sleep, whether you have eaten, tolerance, atmosphere, body weight, and gender?