Recovering From Addiction

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Recovering From Addiction

• Presenters Molly Bernas, Rohan Jairam, Shelly
  Krzeminski, Jenny Lee, Brittany Marshall, Truong
  Truong
• Chapter 27
• Title (Content Area) Recovery from Addiction
  and Codependency
• Lesson 1
• Title (Topic) Recovery from Addiction
• Grade Level Twelfth Grade (mean age 18)

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Recovering From Addiction
Presentation Date November 13, 2007
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In This Lesson, You Will Learn
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What is addiction?

• Addiction
• Not so easy to define
• A series of changes that happens over time
• Source of addiction can vary
• Probably the most serious and destructive of
  addictions are drugs or alcohol

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Signs of addiction

• Continual concern about where the next fix will
  come from
• Getting high or drunk regularly
• Lying about the amount of alcohol or drugs being
  used
• Avoiding friends or loved ones to go get high or
  drunk
• Giving up regular activities like after-school
  sports, homework, or hanging out with non-using
  friends
• Choosing friends that can supply addictive
  substances

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Signs of addiction (cont)

• changes in appearance or personal habits
• irritability, nervousness, personality changes,
  or mood swings
• violent behavior
• black-outs
• needing more of the drug to get the same effect
  or to feel normal
• talking about the substances a lot

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Signs of addiction (cont)

• thinking you have to drink or use drugs to have
  fun
• pressuring others to join in the drinking or drug
  using
• getting into trouble with the law
• participating in high-risk behaviors such as
  driving under the influence
• feeling depressed, hopeless, worn down, even
  suicidal

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The statistics show
Imagine how many of them become addicted
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Video A Recovered Drug Addict Talks About His
Addiction
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There is a way to help!
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Intervention
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What is intervention?

• Meant to stop the downward spiral of the
  alcoholic before he/she hits bottom or loses
  everything.
• Family members/loved ones meet with counselor
• Discuss how their actions have affected their
  lives and how they feel about it
• They all surprise addict with a meeting to force
  the addict to face consequences of drinking and
  get help.

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Activity How Family Members Feel

• Get into your groups!
• Each member of the group will take on the role of
  a member of an addict/alcoholics family. (ex
  mother, father, brother, spouse, child)
• From that family members point of view, discuss
  the affects the alcoholics/addicts substance
  use has on you.

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The Recovery Continuum

• Recovery
• Learning to live alcohol and/or drug free
• Happens over time, and is a life-long process

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Steps to Recovery
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Recovery

• Detoxification
• The removal of all drugs/alcohol from the body
• Abstinence
• Remaining drug-free
• Is this hard or easy to accomplish?

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Activity two faces of addiction

• Get into your groups!
• Remaining in groups, each group will receive a
  piece of paper and pencil.
• Half the groups will discuss the feelings an
  addict feel before recovery, and the other half
  of the groups discuss the feelings an addict
  experience after they begin recovery
• Write down your responses

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Treatment Options

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Treatment Options

• Where to begin?
• Teenagers can talk to their teacher, parent, or
  school counselor to find a recovery program
• The person may be directed to a support group or
  drug and alcohol treatment center

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Treatment Options

• Support Groups
• The most popular method of drug and alcohol
  treatment
• A group of people who share the same addiction
  and work together to help one another stay sober
• Meetings are confidential, members can remain
  anonymous, and the meetings are free of charge
• E.g. Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous

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Treatment Options

• Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities
• Specialize in drug and alcohol counseling
• Offer services to addicts who wish to recover
• Detoxification Units
• Inpatient Treatment
• Outpatient Treatment
• Continuing Programs
• Halfway Houses

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Its Now Time For an

Assignment
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Addiction Jeopardy!

• Get into your groups!

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The End!

Thanks!