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The most commonly abused drug across the nation
What is Marijuana?
Made a searching and moral inventory of ourselves.
What is the fourth step?
psoriasis of the liver, Esophageal cancer, Cardiomyopathy – Stretching and drooping of heart muscle, Arrhythmias – Irregular heart beat, Stroke, High blood pressure
What is a potential consequence of alcoholism?
•Medication •Behavioral therapy •Groups •Rehab •Inpatient/outpatient •Recreational •Occupational •Medical •Voc. Rehab •Music
What are treatment options
Early Warning Signs, Coping Skills, Tools of Recovery, identifying high risk situations.
What is a relapse prevention plan?
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?
Alcohol Anonymous originated the idea for the twelve step model by this founder.
Who is Bill W?
delusions, paranoia, and hallucinations. Increased depression, anxiety and social isolation. Confusion and odd behavior. Feeling of bugs crawling on the skin. Body sores from users picking at their skin. Breathing problems associated with smoke inhalation. Irreversible damage to blood vessels throughout the body, including the heart and brain. Stroke. Coma.
What are the consequences of Methamphetamines?
Self-Management And Recovery Training is also known as....
What is SMART Recovery?
90 meetings - 90 days
What is a successful meeting schedule for early recovery?
This drug overdoses accounted for more than 42,000 deaths in 2016, more than any previous year on record.
What is opioid overdoses?
AA literature describes our addiction as being these three things.
What is cunning, baffling and powerful.
Short-term memory problems, Severe anxiety, including fear that one is being watched or followed (paranoia), Very strange behavior, seeing, hearing or smelling things that aren’t there, not being able to tell imagination from reality (psychosis), Panic, Hallucinations
What are the consequences of marijuana?
For the best chance of staying sober, what is the MINIMUM length of time a person should stay in treatment?
What is 90 days.
Evaluating your day, your emotions and your behaviors on a regular basis
What is a daily inventory?
Almost 80 percent of individuals suffering from a substance use disorder in 2014 struggled with this disorder.
What is alcohol use disorder?
Published in 1939, this is the common name for the text from which our fellowship gets its name.
What is the Big Book?
Nausea, vomiting, and severe itching may occur. After the initial effects, users usually will be drowsy for several hours; mental function is clouded; heart function slows; and breathing is also severely slowed, sometimes enough to be life-threatening. Slowed breathing can also lead to coma and permanent brain damage.
What are the consequences of heroin use?
In this stage, people do not intend to take action in the foreseeable future (defined as within the next 6 months). People are often unaware that their behavior is problematic or produces negative consequences.
What is pre-contemplation stage?
Our brain learns by ________ and _________.
What is repetition and reward
An estimated 88,000 people (approximately 62,000 men and 26,000 women) die from this annually, making this the third leading preventable cause of death in the United States.
What is alcohol-related deaths?
The three sides of the Triangle – AA’s three legacies.
What are Unity, Service and Recovery?
cramps; muscle weakness; depression; memory impairment; damage to cardiovascular and nervous systems; unconsciousness; sudden death
What are the consequences of inhalants?
The first step used to determine the correct addiction treatment for an individual.
What is a chemical dependency evaluation?
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.