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-Uncontrollable craving for the drug -Loss of control -Use despite negative consequences - chronic, biological brain disease -Psychological dependence -Physical dependence
What is addiction?
In this step, we admit powerlessness.
What is step 1?
The letters in HALT stand for this, advising us of triggers for relapse.
What is "Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired "
Three methods in which to ingest nicotine
This could be many -
What are smoking, chewing tobacco/snuff, vaping, patch, nicotine gum , lozenges, etc.
Two common mental health issues associated with dual diagnosis .
This can be many things:
What is depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar disorder/mood disorder, eating disorders, personality disorders, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder?
Information to help an individual from using again. This list could include 12 step information, important phone numbers, healthy recreational activities to participate in.
What is a relapse prevention plan ?
When people tell you to "turn it over," which step are they referring to?
What is step 3 ?
In AA they use HOW to remind us HOW to stay sober.
What is "Honesty, Open-Mindedness and Willingness?"
Three potential consequences of tobacco use.
This could include many things:
Tobacco smoking can lead to lung cancer, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema. It increases the risk of heart disease, which can lead to stroke or heart attack. Smoking has also been linked to other cancers, leukemia, cataracts, and pneumonia. All of these risks apply to use of any smoked product, including hookah tobacco. Smokeless tobacco increases the risk of cancer, especially mouth cancers.
A mental health condition most statistically linked with substance abuse.
What is bipolar disorder?
The mental disorder most strongly related to substance abuse is bipolar disorder, with some estimates putting the lifetime prevalence at 50-60%. This means that the probability of substance use and bipolar disorder occurring together is 50 to 60%.
The fastest addicting drug
What is nicotine?
In this step, we make a list of all persons we have harmed.
What is step 8 ?
An acronym that reminds us to keep it simple.
What is KISS? (Keep it simple, silly)
Three possible consequences of second-hand smoke
This could be many things as well:
Secondhand smoke exposure can lead to lung cancer and heart disease. It can cause health problems in both adults and children, such as coughing, phlegm, reduced lung function, pneumonia, and bronchitis. Children exposed to secondhand smoke are at an increased risk of ear infections, severe asthma, lung infections, and death from sudden infant death syndrome.
Name an instance in which substance abuse can mimic or even cause a mental health disorder.
This is another question with many answers:
The pleasure chemical in our brains that plays a major role in substance abuse and addiction
What is dopamine?
The prayer of St. Francis is also called ___ step prayer.
What is step 11?
Acronyms listing alternatives to GOD as a higher power
What are Group of Drunks or Good Orderly Direction?
1 symptom of nictone overdose.
This could have many answers:
What are: difficulty breathing, vomiting, fainting, headache, weakness, and increased or decreased heart rate ?
Which of the two or more afflictions should be treated first?
There is no right or wrong answer to this, except you should take professional advice from your psychiatrist.
One school of thought is to address the addiction. It can be challenging for psychiatrists to prescribe effective medication that may interact with other drugs or alcohol. Stopping substance abuse can make it easier to get thought or mood disorders under control.
Another school of thought it so make the patient feel better so that they stop self-medicating.
These all have to do with the client's drug of choice, diagnosis, treatment options, etc.
The correct answer: ask your doctor and follow medical/psychiatric advice!
The most commonly abused illicit drug across the nation
What is marijuana?
The promises from pages 83-84 in AA's Big Book are centered around this step.
What is step 9 ?
The letters in FEAR may stand for this - either a coping skill or the reality of what FEAR really is.
What is Face Everything And Recover ?
or False Evidence Appears Real ?
(Will also accept F**k Everything and Run)
If you were to quit smoking today, how are some ways you could get started?
There are many answers to this as well:
Did you know BMC has a tobacco cessation program? You could have a counselor and prepare to quit. Pittsfield: Hillcrest Campus of BMC, 413-445-9232
There are gums, lozenges, nicotine patches. Your prescriber can prescribe these.
There is book called "The Easy Way to Quit Smoking" by Allen Carr - people are reputed to quit smoking after reading it.
Providers seem to have different attitudes about vaping - some citing popcorn lung and other dangers as causing it to be just as dangerous as cigarettes.
You could also call 1-800-QUIT-NOW for resources.
What is 7.9 million?
According to a National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 7.9 million people in the U.S. experience both a mental disorder and substance use disorder simultaneously. More than half of those people—4.1 million to be exact—are men.