Education
A substance invented by the Bayer Company in Germany in the late 1800's and thought to be a cure for morphine addiction.
What is heroin. **The scientists who invented it and used it said it made them feel heroic, thus, the name heroin**
It is recommended to do this when you first start recovery.
What is 90 meetings in 90 days?
This is what happens when using while pregnant.
What is CPS, birth defects, fetal addiction, and/or miscarriage?
•Medication •Behavioral therapy •Groups •Rehab •Inpatient/Outpatient •Recreational •Occupational •Medical •Voc. Rehab •Music
What are treatment options
Seeing a using friend, physical pain, loss of a loved one, drug paraphernalia, smells, and extreme emotions are examples of this.
What are triggers?
Purely from the point of total cost and harm to the community, which is usually considered by experts to be the most 'dangerous' drug? This is probably due to its widespread use in most places.
What is alcohol.
This is personal to each individual and can range from God to the fellowship itself.
What is a Higher Power?
Two ways to tell if someone is overdosing on heroin.
What is they become comatose, their skin feels cold and clammy, their lips and skin turn blue, they stop breathing or make gurgling sounds, and/or they do not respond to pain?
What is the best program of treatment for someone addicted to opiates?
What is treatment that is customized for the individual.
Three well-balanced meals daily, three nutritious snacks daily, and avoid sugar and caffeine are features of this.
What is a diet for a recovering person?
This drug is still used as a localized, external anesthetic
What is cocaine.
The three sides of the Triangle – AA’s three legacies.
What are Unity, Service and Recovery?
The jail time you can face for the sale or manufacture of heroin.
What is life in prison?
He wrote the Staying Sober Workbook.
Who is Terrence Gorski
This is where you build relapse prevention and recovery skills.
What is groups?
This term actually means to induce sleep, but the public often interprets it, wrongly, to mean any legal drug sometimes used illegally.
What is narcotic.
When you continue to take personal inventory, and when you are wrong, you promptly admit it.
What is Step Ten
Many commonly prescribed pain pills are actually a combination of an opiate and Tylenol(acetaminophen). Abusing any medication containing acetaminophen can be particularly damaging to which part of the body?
What is the liver.
The first stage of treatment.
What is Detoxification?
Our brain learns by ________ and _________.
What is repetition and reward?
The most commonly abused illegal drug across the nation
What is Marijuana
Published in 1939, this is the common name for the text from which the 12 step fellowship gets its name.
What is the Big Book?
Bone marrow damage, liver and kidney damage, blackouts, limb spasms,hearing loss and the loss of brain cells are consequences from abusing what type of drugs?
What are inhalants?
For the best chance of staying sober, this is the MINIMUM length of time a person should stay in treatment?
What is 90 days.
5 skills you have learned in treatment to overcome cravings and triggers
(this is a question with many answers. Must answer in form of question still). What is (are) a sponsor, a relapse prevention plan, laughter, service, work, being with family, hobbies etc.