Treatment Team
This team member helps people with mental health problems like trauma, anxiety or depression during recovery.
What is a therapist or mental health clinician
This term describes anything—internal or external—that increases the urge to use substances.
What is a trigger?
This calming method uses all five senses to help ground someone in the present.
What is the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique
This organ in your head controls thinking, memory, and movement.
What is the brain
True or false: Addiction is a moral failing.
What is false
This team member helps people find resources, connect with services, and coordinate care during recovery.
What is a case manager
Hunger, Anger, Loneliness, and Tiredness make up this acronym for common vulnerability states.
What is HALT
A written log used to track feelings, thoughts, and behaviors.
What is journaling
Alcohol places significant strain on this detoxifying organ.
What is the liver?
The stigma-free term used for a drug test result showing no substances.
What is “negative” or “substance-free”
This team member talks with people about their substance use, helps them make healthy choices, and teaches coping skills.
What is a SUDS Counselor
A craving created by emotions rather than physical dependence.
What is a psychological craving
Slow, intentional inhaling and exhaling helps regulate stress.
What is deep breathing
The body’s response to toxin removal and healing during early recovery.
What is detoxification
True or false: A person must hit “rock bottom” before getting help.
What is false
This team member has lived experience with substance use and recovery and provides guidance, encouragement, and support to others on their recovery journey.
What is a peer support specialist (or recovery coach)
People, places, and objects that remind someone of substance use are called these.
What are cues
This mental technique challenges unhelpful thinking patterns.
What is cognitive reframing
Opioids can slow this vital body function, which can be dangerous in high doses.
What is breathing (respiration)
This is the medically accurate term for the condition commonly called “addiction.”
What is a substance use disorder
This team member monitors withdrawal symptoms, administers medications, and provides direct medical care and education to support recovery.
What is a nurse
A sensation or thought that precedes a craving and serves as an early warning sign.
What is an urge trigger
A personalized strategy for handling high-risk situations before they arise.
What is a relapse prevention plan
Meth increases the release of this brain chemical, creating intense pleasure and energy but also causing long-term brain changes.
What is dopamine
Genetics account for approximately this percentage of addiction risk.
What is 40% to 60%