Recovery Basics
A lifelong process, not a destination
What is recovery?
A group for men and women who have a desire to stop using drugs or alcohol. Ex. NA, AA, CA….etc
What are 12 Step Fellowships?
This actor, famous for “Iron Man” and “Sherlock Holmes,” has been open about his struggles with addiction and his recovery since the early 2000s.
Who is Robert Downey Jr.?
The medical term for addiction.
What is substance use disorder?
This word describes when someone avoids drugs or alcohol completely.
What is abstinence?
This slogan encourages people to stay on track in recovery by not rushing or expecting things to be perfect.
What is "Progress not Perfection"?
Excessive use of this substance can lead to liver cirrhosis.
What is Alcohol?
This is the recommended number of meetings many newcomers are told to attend.
What is 90 meetings in 90 days?
Meetings for family or friends of those struggling with alcohol or drug abuse.
What is Al-Anon?
This singer of hits like “Stronger” and “Since U Been Gone” has shared her sobriety journey as a role model for young people.
Who is Kelly Clarkson?
People with mental health symptoms sometimes turn to drugs or alcohol for relief instead of treatment. What is this called?
What is self medicating?
“Over time, people often need higher amounts of a substance to feel the same effect. This is known as what?”
What is tolerance?
This slogan reminds people to avoid getting too hungry, angry, lonely, or tired.
What is “HALT”?
Long-term use of this drug is commonly associated with severe dental issues?
What is meth?
What is the cardinal rule of all AA/NA meetings?
What is Anonymity?
Support group that doesn’t include any aspects of spirituality or religion. Teach coping skills to help participants address four main points: Build and maintain motivation, Cope with urges, Manage thoughts, feeling and behaviors, and Live a balanced life.
What is SMART Recovery?
This Friends star wrote Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing about his battle with addiction and his recovery journey.
Who is Matthew Perry?
This disorder involves obsessive thoughts and repetitive behaviors, and people may use substances to quiet their anxiety.
What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)?
With continued substance abuse the brain will stop producing this brain chemical that enables pleasure.
What is dopamine?
This popular slogan reminds people to stop trying to control everything and trust in a power greater than themselves.
hat is “Let go and let God” ?
This stimulant is known to be one of the hardest to detox from and is usually smoked.
What is nicotine?
What is the difference between a lapse and a relapse?
What is a lapse is a brief return to substance use while a relapse is a return to a pattern of substance use.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
For those who prefer a more religious support group. Similar to 12-step groups in that participants work through a set of steps. However, it includes principles of Christianity and ties Bible verses into the 12-step literature.
What is Celebrate Recovery?
This legendary singer of Tiny Dancer and Rocket Man credits sobriety with saving his life and has raised millions to help others in recovery.
Who is Elton John?
DOBLE JEOPARDY
This is a common therapy to treat various disorders such as anxiety and depression.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
This term refers to using a small amount of a drug again after abstinence — and can quickly lead back to full-blown use.
What is a lapse?
This recovery slang phrase describes someone new to sobriety, often under a year sober.
What is “a newcomer”?
Long-term use of this drug can cause memory loss, mood swings, and significant damage to the brain’s ability to learn — even though it's often thought of as harmless.
What is Marijuana?
What are the Three Stages of Recovery?
What is abstinence, repair, and growth.
Sharing personal experience in group without cross-talk
What is a testimony?
This actor, famous for The Matrix , credits his sobriety and balanced lifestyle with helping him cope with grief and loss.
Who is Keanu Reeves?
This diagnosis involves cycles of mania and depression and is often co-occurring with addiction
What is bipolar disorder?
When you feel hopeless or believe recovery won’t work for you, this kind of thinking can lead to relapse.
What is stinking thinking?
This 3-letter phrase is used when someone isn’t ready for recovery: “They need to hit their ___.
What is bottom or rock bottom?
TRIPPLE JEOPARDY
This drug is nicknamed “the love drug” but can dangerously raise body temperature and dehydrate users.
What is MDMA or Ecstasy?
This type of thinking can trick people into believing they don’t need help, even when their life is falling apart.
What is denial?
In a 12-step group, this is the term for the ________ step, which involves writing down a detailed moral inventory of oneself.
What is the fourth step?
This NBA star’s recovery story is featured in Hoop Dreams and later addiction interviews
Who is Chris Herren?
This trauma-related condition can cause emotional detachment, memory gaps, and “numbing out,” and is sometimes confused with laziness or apathy in recovery.
What is dissociation?
This condition, often associated with alcohol, involves the inability to remember events that occurred while intoxicated.
What is blackout?
This slogan warns that returning to old thinking leads back to old behavior.
Same thinking, same results?
Heart rhythm problems from stimulants.
What is arrhythmia?
A behavioral syndrome characterized by the repeated, compulsive seeking or use of a substance despite adverse, social, psychological, and/or physical consequences, and a need for an increased amount of the substance as times goes on to achieve the same effect.
What is Addiction?
This AA step focuses on making amends except when it would cause further harm.
What is Step 9?
Who are the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous
Who is Bill Wilson (Bill W.) or Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith (Dr. Bob)?
A powerful desire for something that usually passes.
What is a Craving?
What is Post-Acute-Withdrawal-Syndrome?
What is P. A.W. S.?
This phrase describes someone who’s stopped using but is still acting selfish, negative, or stuck in old behavior.
What is “dry drunk”?
Long-term opioid use can slow this automatic body function, sometimes leading to overdose.
What is breathing (respiratory depression)?