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Involves a qualified counselor assessing an individual for chemical dependency and explaining treatment options. Full article... |
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A depressant drug of the barbiturate family that induces sleep. Full article... |
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An intervention option which aims to prevent drug problems by identifying and modifying potentially harmful drug use. Information and campaigns promoting safer levels of alcohol consumption are examples of secondary prevention strategies. Intervention may involve working with individuals, families, schools, youth groups or peer networks. Brief intervention is a secondary prevention strategy Full article... |
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Any of a group of central nervous system depressants with the capacity of relieving anxiety and inducing calmness. Major classes of sedatives/hypnotics include the benzodiazepines and barbiturates. Full article... |
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How we feel about ourselves when we have self-worth. Full article... |
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Group of individuals with similar problems that meets for the purpose of providing support and information to each other and for mutual problem solving; Parents Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous are examples of self-help groups. Full article... |
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Placing one’s self and one’s needs above everything else, obviously at the expense of others. Full article... |
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An increased response to a drug caused by repeated administration. Sensitization is most commonly seen in some responses to stimulants. Full article... |
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A neurotransmitter that has been implicated in states of consciousness, mood, depression and anxiety. Full article... |
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Restoration to good health or a useful life, through support, therapy and/or education. The process of quitting drinking or substance abuse and learning how to remain abstinent. A restoration to sanity. Full article... |
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Participation in carrying the message of recovery. Full article... |
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Human characteristics, which fall short of the societal norm. Full article... |
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Secondary effects, usually undesirable, of a drug or therapy or behavior. Full article... |
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A form of marijuana obtained from the unpollinated or seedless portion of the cannabis plant. It has a higher THC concentration than regular marijuana, as high as 6 percent. Full article... |
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The name for ingesting some powdered drugs through the nose. Full article... |
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Habitually abstemious in the use of alcoholic liquors or drugs Full article... |
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An online community of people seeking support in recovery. Found on the world wide web at http://www.soberrecovery.com Full article... |
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In golf, a “mulligan” is a second chance. As a company, the Mulligan Group publishes this book, the Mulligan Directory of treatment facilities and operates many websites including www.soberrecovery.com Full article... |
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1. Habitual soberness or temperance as to the use of spirituous liquors; as, a man of sobriety. 2. Habitual freedom from enthusiasm, inordinate passion, or overheated imagination; calmness; coolness; gravity; seriousness; as, the sobriety of riper years. 3. State of mental clarity obtained through abstinence from alcohol and other drugs. Full article... |
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A modality of treatment known as the recovery process characterized by lifelong commitment to life style changes to enable an individual to develop a constructive, productive and meaningful sober way of life that fulfills their potential; generally accomplished in a community based program. Full article... |
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Failure by the majority in a society to recognise or accept that euphoria and drug-induced pleasure have historically been a valued part of its life. Full article... |
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The correct answer to a problem.
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Volatile substances such as petrol, glue, and aerosols. Full article... |
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From the Latin word for "breath": pertaining to the moral life or welfare of the soul, the real breath of life. Full article... |
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A newfound clarity of vision about whom you are, how you got here, and where you could go. Full article... |
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The setting of one person or group against another, usually for the purposes of maintaining power ("divide & conquer"), or by acoa's as a survival strategy. Full article... |
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An individual in a Twelve Step program who undertakes to guide and serve as mentor to another group member. Participating as a sponsor is part of the Twelve Step program. Full article... |
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A broad class of substances. In terms of steroid abuse, it refers to Anabolic Steroids, a class of natural and synthetic steroid hormones that promote cell growth and division, resulting in growth of muscle tissue and sometimes bone size and strength. Full article... |
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Something that takes away from the character or reputation of a person or group; a symbol of disgrace. Full article... |
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In reference to the central nervous system (CNS), any agent that activates, enhances, or increases neural activity; also called psychostimulants or CNS stimulants. Included are amphetamine-type stimulants, cocaine, caffeine, nicotine, etc.. Other drugs have stimulant actions which are not their primary effect but which may be manifest in high doses or after chronic use. Full article... |
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Term used to describe feeling the effects of drugs, particularly cannabis. Full article... |
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Not using drugs; not intoxicated with drugs or under their influence. Full article... |
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The taking of alcohol or other drugs at dosages that place a person's social, economic, psychological and physical welfare in potential hazard, or endanger public health, morals, safety or welfare, or a combination thereof. Also called chemical dependency. Full article... |
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Harry Stack Sullivan, a brilliant and somewhat unsung hero in the history of psychology, possibly with ancestors in Kerry. He proposed revolutionary concepts such as comparing consciousness to the headlamps of a car driving at night, "...all that is not seen is not in principle out of reach." Full article... |
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Suppression is a defense mechanism in which unacceptable or uncomfortable feelings, ideas, or impulses are deliberately avoided. Full article... |
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A pattern of alcohol consumption aimed at reducing stress and anxiety. Full article... |
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The synapse is a gap between individual nerve cells in the nervous system. This gap is crossed by chemical messengers, called neurotransmitters. It allows communication among neurons. Full article... |
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All the signs and symptoms associated with a disease. Full article... |
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Synergism refers to the interaction of two drugs in such a way that the total effect is greater than the sum of the individual effects. Full article... |
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Synthetic drugs unrelated to morphine that produce opiate-like effects. Full article... |
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