A primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory and related circuitry.
What is addiction (According to the American Society of Addiction Medicine)
Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
What is step 2?
To politely yet firmly stand up for yourself when facing a trigger or difficult situation is called this.
What is assertiveness?
or enforcing Boundaries.
What does MAT stand for?
Medication-Assisted Treatment
______________ are people, places, and things that can cause you to have cravings and/or obsessive thoughts about using.
What are triggers?
Our brain learns by _______ and _________.
What is repetition and reward?
Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
What is step 10?
This recovery fellowship was established in the 1940s and started in California. It asserts that its therapeutic value for aiding people in recovery is that the program is based on people helping people.
What is Narcotics Anonymous?
A __________________ consists of Doctors, Psychiatrists, Therapists, Counselors, and most importantly, YOU.
What is a treatment team?
A ___________ is a desire or dream you try to achieve in a certain amount of time, no matter the costs.
What is a goal?
Tell us 3 of your peers Goals, for an additional 500!
Lowered levels of this chemical in the brain lead to depression and anxiety, and can lead to an increase in cravings.
What is seratonin?
Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
What is step 5?
Withdrawal from this substance can cause headache, fatigue, anxiety, irritability, depressed mood, and difficulty concentrating.
What is caffeine?
A set of goals, objectives, and strategies used to guide the client towards recovery.
What is a treatment plan?
A ___________ is a powerful desire to use drugs or alcohol.
What is a craving?
Each year in the United States, nearly 88,000 people die as a result of this substance.
What is alcohol? (Source: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism). This makes alcohol the third leading preventable cause of death in the US.
Bonus question for double points: What is the number one leading preventable cause of death?
The twelfth tradition asks members to place ___________ before personalities.
What is principles?
SURPRISE! Worth double, so 800!!!
Tell us what 3 of your peers enjoy doing for leisure activities.
Answers will vary.
_______________ is the first stage of treatment.
What is Detox?
Includes information to help an individual from using again which could include 12 step information, important phone numbers, and healthy recreational activities to participate in, among other things
What is a relapse prevention plan (recovery plan)?
The disease of addiction is considered to be 50% ___________ based and 50% ___________ based.
What is genetic and environment?
The three sides of the AA triangle.
What are unity, service, and recovery
This drug was an approved anesthetic in humans in the 1950's, but was discontinued in 1965 because patients often became agitated, delusional, and irrational while recovering from its anesthetic effects.
What is PCP?
For the best chance of staying sober, what is the MINIMUM length of time a person should engage treatment? *This includes all levels of care/treatment*
What is 90 days?
Surprise, Worth double, so 1000.
What are 4 of the principles related to 12-step recovery that we discussed in group Wednesday?
Honesty, Hope, Surrender. Courage, Integrity, Willingness.
Next 6 are: Humility, Love, Responsibility, Discipline, Awareness, Service.