Psychoactive Effects of Drugs
With the chemical symbol EtOH, this drug is a central nervous system (CNS) depressant. It causes slowed motor-coordination, slurred speech, blurred vision, and memory loss.
What is Alcohol?
These groups are self-governed and follow a set of traditions that guide the meetings and overall organization.
What are 12-Step Fellowships? (AA, NA, CMA, CA, HA, MA, ACA, CoDA, Al-Anon, GA, SCA, SLA, etc.)
This coping skill is often used to calm the mind, reduces anxiety, overactive thinking, and helps to regulate the parasympathetic nervous system.
What is meditation?
Withdrawals from this substance can lead to death.
What is alcohol or benzodiazepines?
SDCFC plays every year with a team in which League?
Softball Recovery League
The psychoactive chemical in this substance activates the endocannabinoid receptors in the brain, causing euphoria, relaxation, drowsiness. Long-term effects include loss of short-term memory and impaired motor skills.
What is cannabis?
This type of meeting is based on self-management and recovery training.
What is SMART Recovery?
Self-Management and Recovery Training
These are assumptions you have made and accepted as true about yourself, others and the world.
What are core beliefs?
Withdrawals from this type of substance can include insomnia, body aches, vomiting, abdominal aches, and anxiety.
What are opioids? (heroin, fentanyl, etc.)
SDCFC's structured employment readiness program.
What is Dress For Success?
This class of substances increases neurotransmitter dopamine, either by blocking re-uptake (re-absorption), or activating the release of the neurotransmitter.
What are CNS stimulants?
This group is based on the 12-steps, but is a Christian based fellowship.
What is Celebrate Recovery?
In relapse prevention these are settings or situations that could easily lead to relapse because of the environment or the people in them.
What are high-risk situations?
Withdrawals from this type of substance can cause dysphoria (unpleasant mood), fatigue, increased appetite, confusion, and sometimes depression.
What are stimulants? (amphetamines, cocaine, etc.)
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What is the Testing Line?
This class of substances enhance the GABA-A receptors, causing feelings of relaxation. When taken in excess they can cause memory loss.
What are Benzodiazepines (Xanax, Klonopin, Valium, Ativan, etc.)
This self-help recovery program is based in indigenous traditions with a mission to disseminate culturally based principles, values, and teachings to support healthy community development, and to support healing from alcohol, substance abuse, co-occurring disorders, and intergenerational trauma.
What is Wellbriety?
This is a type of therapy that focuses on the connection between thinking, feeling and behavior.
What is cognitive behavioral therapy?
This type of substance is used to prevent death when undergoing withdrawals from alcohol.
What are benzodiazepines?
This is the number of Drug Courts in San Diego County.
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This class of substances activate 5-HT receptors which trigger serotonin. Serotonin is a transmitter responsible for regulating mood. These substances can alter one's perception of reality, space and time.
What are Hallucinogens / Psychedelics?
(Serotonergic psychedelics)
This tradition in the 12-Step fellowship states that the only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking/using/etc.
What is the 3rd Tradition?
This is something given to encourage and motivate. It might be as simple as appreciation or something tangible.
What is an incentive?
Withdrawals from this substance can last for a few months, and include headaches, irritability, decrease in appetite, and sometimes anger and aggression.
What is cannabis?
The first Drug Court started in which state?
What is Florida?