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According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), in 2016 about 948,000 Americans reported using this illicit drug
What is heroin?
A community center where you can attend meetings, play video games, learn how to cook, participate in yoga, and much more
What is Best Self's Recovery Community Center?
- Located on 69 Linwood Ave, Buffalo NY 14209
This is what the first dose of heroine can bring to a person.
What is dizziness and vomiting?
•Medication •Behavioral therapy •Groups •Stabilization •Inpatient/outpatient •Recreational •Vocational •Medical •Exploring the community •Meetings
What are treatment options?
These people, places, and things can lead to relapse and/or steering away from recovery
What are triggers?
According to a 2015 national survey close to 100,000 deaths in the US were due to excessive use of this
What is alcohol?
This organization provides housing opportunities for men and women in recovery; from group residential settings to more independent living
What is Cazenovia Recovery?
What are two ways to tell if someone has taken a very large dose of heroine?
They become comatose and their skin feels cold and clammy.
Horizon provides this type of addiction treatment that focuses on what the individual wants and works as a team to accomplish what that individuals goals are
What is person centered treatment?
Activities such as going for a short walk, deep breathing, calling a sober support, and having honest conversations are all forms of what?
What are coping skills?
In 2014 about 5,800 people in the US passed away from an overdose on this illicit drug
What is cocaine?
This organization holds meetings and activities for people in recovery that are based upon Buddhist principles and practices
What is Refuge Recovery?
- Meetings held at 2 Wallace Ave, Buffalo NY 14214
The use of this illicit drug increases your chances of having a heart attack within the hour by 2,400%
What is cocaine?
These places offer one-on-one therapy as well as group therapy and medication assisted treatment within the community
What is outpatient?
This is the process by which the addicted brain invents excuses that allow the person in recovery to edge close enough to relapse situations that accidents can happen.
What is Justification
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?
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 this organ
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 drug across the nation
What is marijuana?
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?
These Horizon employees work with individuals in recovery by sharing their experiences, walking with that person in their recovery journey, and being an extra support for individuals who want the service
Who are recovery coaches?