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Most common addiction across the nation...
What is alcohol? The 2023 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) indicates that 28.9 million people aged 12 and older, or 10.2% of this population, battled an alcohol use disorder in the past year.
Substance with a high death rate in the U.S., higher than suicide
What is Fentanyl? Deaths involving synthetic opioids other than methadone (primarily illicitly manufactured fentanyl or IMF) decreased from 73,838 overdose deaths reported in 2022, to 72,776 in 2023. Those involving cocaine continued to increase with 29,449 deaths in 2023 (Source: CDC WONDER).
Process by which the body rids itself of a drug...
What is Detoxification or Withdrawal?
Used to combat heroin/opiate overdose...
What is Narcan or Naloxone?
What is anhedonia?
What is the inability or significantly reduced ability to experience pleasure from activities, relationships or physical sensations that were once enjoyable
What does HALT stand for?
What is HUNGRY, ANGRY, LONELY, TIRED?
What is the first step?
What is We admitted we were powerless over alcohol-that our lives had become unmanageable?
One of the fastest addicting drugs is...
What is Nicotine? (or Crack Cocaine, Heroin, Fentanyl, Alcohol, Methamphetamine)
What is the stage of change where individuals are unaware of or deny the problem?
Precontemplation
A____ is always necessary for an individual to take control of their future sobriety and avoid future relapse.
What is a Relapse Prevention Plan?
Feelings of extreme sadness, shame, guilt and/or dispair...
What is Depression?
Feelings of worry, uneasiness, or dread...
What is Anxiety?
What are the stages of relapse?
emotional, mental, and physical
A return to substance use or addictive behaviors after a period of abstinence.
What is a Relapse?
What is the definition of insanity?
What is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
Stress disorder AFTER traumatic event...
What is PTSD?
What is the difference between recovery and sobriety?
Sobriety is where you remove the substance but your not willing to work on yourself.
Recovery is a complete lifestyle change where you remove the substance and you coastally work on yourself to create a life that is meaningful through personal reflection and accountability.
According to the stages of change model, what is the 3rd one?
What is preparation? (preparing for change)
According to the stages of change model, what is the 5th?
Maintenance (continued change by new behaviors replacing the old ones)
What is the opposite of addiction?
What is connection
Drugs in this category include cocaine, amphetamines and caffeine
What are Stimulants?
A powerful desire for something that usually passes.
What is a Craving?
Can be Internal, Sensory, and/or External. Is the biggest reason for relapse
What are Triggers?
An early symptom experienced in a substance use disorder...
What is Increased tolerance, using more than you intended, or loss of interest in previously enjoyed activities?
What type of triggers are activated by what you see, hear, smell, taste, or feel?
Sensory Triggers
A realization period for someone suffering from addiction. It’s a stage where they will look outside of themselves, or inside of themselves, and find a newfound perspective or purpose.
What is a Spiritual Awakening?
Name an example of an external relapse trigger.
What is People, places, and things?
The 3rd step in the 12 steps
What is Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him.
With continued substance use the brain will stop producing this brain chemical that enables pleasure...
What is Dopamine?
Something greater than themselves in recovery
What is A higher power
What is the number 1 offender of relapse?
What is resentment
Two acronyms for FEAR
What is Face Everything And Recover or
False Evidence Appearing Real
What are the 3 stages of Post Acute Withdrawal?
What is Emotional, Mental and Physical.
According to stages of change model, which one represents that and individual doesnt have a problem?
What is precontemplation.
AA was founded by this person
Who Bill Wilson?
In process group, the most important rule is
What is confidentiality?
This person is who you contact if you are going to be late or miss a group
Who is the counselor (Ruth or Brian)
What is the best way to benefit from the group?
What is actively participate in group activities and discussions.
What are the maintenance steps of the AA/NA program and explain why?
What are Steps 10, 11, and 12
When a slip occurs or you are struggling with continued use, you can reach out to
Who is your sponsor or clinician?
Why is anonymity important?
It provides a safe environment where individuals can seek help without fear of being publicly identified or facing stigma and discrimination.
What stage of change when individuals sustain their changes for at least 6 months? As well as develop strategies to prevent relapse and integrate their new habits into their daily life?
Maintenance
The goal is P____ not P____.
What is Progress not Perfection?
What is keep it simple, its ____ it works? (acronym)
What is Honesty, Open-mindedness, and Willingness.
"As long as I'm honest about how I feel, open to treatment and willing to take suggestion I'll will be alright."
What is an alternative program from the AA/NA 12 step program?
What is SMART Recovery (an evidenced-based recovery method grounded in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), that supports people with substance dependencies or problem behaviors to build and maintain motivation, cope with urges and cravings so that you can manage your thoughts, feelings and behaviors in order to live a balanced life.)
a form of psychological manipulation and or emotional abuse where one person and/or group forces someone to doubt their own perception, memories, and sanity through gaining power and control over a victim in hopes of making them dependent upon them.
What is gaslighting?
According to the stages of change model, which one is defined by an individual expressing, "maybe I have a problem, but I'm not sure what to do."
What is contemplation
According to the stages of relapse model, what does physical relapse mean?
What is the third and final stage of the relapse process, characterized by the actual act of consuming a substance or engaging in an addictive behavior after a period of abstinence. It is often the culmination of unresolved emotional and mental stages that may have begun weeks or even months earlier.
According to the stages of relapse model, what does emotional relapse mean?
What is the first phase of the three stages of relapse where an individual is not actively thinking about using drugs or alcohol. However their emotions and behaviors may be setting them up for a relapse later down the road. Examples: 1) bottling up emotions 2) not going to recovery support group meetings 3) going to meetings but not sharing 3) isolating yourself from your peers and family 4) poor eating and sleeping habits 5) focusing on other peoples problems and avoiding your own 6) not managing anxiety, anger, or other emotional problems in a healthy way 7) Defensiveness 8) poor self care emotionally and physically 90 not allowing yourself to have sober fun or taking time for yourself.