Uncontrollable craving for the drug
Loss of control
Use despite negative consequences
Chronic, biological brain disease
Psychological dependence
Physical dependence

A group for men and women who have a desire to stop using drugs or alcohol (ex: NA, AA, etc).

Two examples of those affected by substance abuse, other than the user.

1) Medication
2) Behavioral therapy
3) IOP/SOP/inpatient
4) Occupational
5) Recreational
6) Vocational Rehab
7) Music

People, places, and things are considered...

Information or an emergency kit to help an individual from using again. This kit could include 12-step information, important phone numbers, and healthy recreational activities to participate in...

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

The following problems can occur because of what?

1) Lowered inhibitions
2) Decreased control over motor skills
3) Inability to concentrate and focus
4) Addiction
5) Heart attack; stroke
6) Liver failure; cirrhosis
7) Kidney disease
8) Blackouts

1) Medical doctors
2) Counselors
3) Psychologists
4) Nurses
5) Clergy
6) Occupational therapists
7) Social workers
8) Yourself

A desire or dream you try to achieve in a certain amount of time, no matter the costs.

_____ is the fastest addicting drug.

Which step asks you to make a searching and fearless moral inventory of your past?

1) Addiction
2) Respiratory failure
3) Vomiting
4) Death
5) Drowsiness
6) Reduction of pain
7) Diarrhea
8) Very uncomfortable withdrawal

This health professional helps educate you on healthy, safe activities that you can become involved in. They also help you integrate healthy activities into your daily life.

Some high-risk situations to avoid are to not let yourself get too hungry, angry, lonely or tired. What can help you remember these circumstances?

____ is the pleasure chemical in our brains that plays a major role in substance abuse and addiction.

Live and let live
Keep it simple
One day at a time
Let go and let God

are examples of what?

1) Increase in violence and aggression
2) Addiction
3) Drug-induced psychosis
4) Increase in Respiratory problems -Increase in cardiovascular problems
5) Risk for HIV, HEP C and TB
6) Damage to physical appearance

The first stage of treatment...

In order to prevent relapse, you must be able to identify ____ ____ and have a plan to deal with them.

The most commonly abused drug across the nation.

Three indispensable spiritual principles in the 12-step fellowship are...

(hint: H.O.W.)

1) Bone marrow damage
2) Liver damage
3) Kidney damage
4) Blackouts
5) Limb spasms
6) Hearing loss
7) Loss of brain cells

For the best chance of staying sober, what is the minimum length of time a person should stay in treatment?

Our brain learns by ____ and ____.