RECOVERY 1
Most common addiction across the nation...
As of 2020, 79.5% of Americans abuse alcohol
This substance has a death rate in the U.S. higher than suicide, and is often mixed with other drugs bought off the street
Fentanyl
This is the process by which the body rids itself of a drug
Detoxification (detox)
This medicine can be used in an emergency to prevent an opiate/opioid overdose.
Narcan or Naloxone
This professional specializes in treating mental & emotional disorders, including substance use disorder
Therapist or counselor
This is the fastest addicting drug
Nicotine
This was the first 12-step program ever designed to help addicted people, with a focus on alcohol addiction.
Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.)
H.A.L.T. Acronym
H=Hungry
A=Angry
L=Lonely
T=Tired
This mental disorder involves extreme feelings of sadness that can feel inescapable
Depression
This mental illness involves worrying too much about different things or being unable to stop worrying
Anxiety (Generalized Anxiety Disorder)
What is the drug that most teens try for the first time?
Marijuana (often via vape)
This stress disorder develops AFTER the traumatic event
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
This word means abstinence from all mood-altering substances.
Sobriety
This type of treatment that includes living onsite and receiving group and individual therapies.
Residential or inpatient treatment (rehab)
What drug is known as "the gateway drug?"
Marijuana or alcohol
This is a powerful desire for something that passes over time
Craving
This word means anything that can provoke a relapse, and can be internal or external
Trigger
This symptom means that it takes more and more of a drug to achieve the desired effect.
Tolerance
This word means "a sequence of actions regularly followed," and is one of the most effective coping skills in early recovery
Routine
This is a word for a marijuana cigarette that was rolled with a certain amount of tobacco included
Blunt
This brain chemical that enables pleasure ceases production after continued substance abuse
Dopamine
This mental illness has biological, environmental, and social causes, and involves performing certain behaviors even when you would rather not
Addiction
In recovery, situations in which you've used drugs in the past are often called ____
Addiction to this substance causes cravings for sugar, and often leads to tooth decay: "___ mouth"
Methamphetamine (Meth)
This is the most addictive substance ever discovered
Sugar