Keywords

Alcohol abuse
Alcohol abuse definition: Use of alcoholic beverages to excess, either on individual occasions (

Alcohol Treatment
Alcohol Treatment: The treatment of alcoholism which involves and alcohol detox followed by alcohol rehab, and if successful the patient is said to be in recovery.

Benzodiazepine
Benzodiazepine: Family of depressants used therapeutically to produce sedation, induce sleep, relieve anxiety, muscle spasms, and to prevent seizures

Benzos
Benzos: Benzos are the shortened form of Benzodiazepine, a depressant often used to treat alcoholism.

Chronic
Chronic definition: Of a long duration: a chronic illness persists for weeks, months, or even for life.

Cold Turkey
Cold Turkey: Term used when quitting drugs on one’s own with no medical help.

Codependence
Codependence: This is a state of being overly concerned with the problems of another

Craving
Craving: A physiological need for a substance. Powerful desire for a substance that cannot be ignored. Unnaturally strong desire/urge for a substance.

Denial
Denial is an unconscious defence mechanism. Minimising amounts and behaviours engaged in to get and use and find ways and means of getting more alcohol and drugs, as well as and rationalising the ongoing addiction is less painful than acknowledging that the drug or alcohol use is uncontrollable with perilous consequences for yourself and your loved ones.

Detox
Detox: a medically supervised treatment for alcohol or drug addiction designed to purge the body of intoxicating or addictive substances

Endorphin
Endorphins: are an opium-like substances produced naturally in the brain, which give a feeling of well-being and are natural painkillers.

Heroin
Heroin: is a very addictive drug often misused leading to a heroin addiction

Morphine
Morphine: a very active narcotic from opium. Often leads to drug dependence.

Opiate
Opiate: A drug derived directly from the opium poppy plant.

Opioid
Opioid: A drug derived either naturally from the opium poppy or made synthetically.

Physical Dependence
Physical dependence: when the abrupt cessation or rapid dose reduction of a drug or substance leads to withdrawal symptoms

Rehab
Rehab: a period of counselling treatment following a detox to prevent relapse to taking drugs or alcohol.

Withdrawal symptoms
Withdrawal symptoms: these are both physical and emotional and include: dilated pupils, goose bumps, watery eyes, runny nose, yawning, loss of appetite, tremors, panic, chills, nausea, dry heaves, muscle cramps, insomnia, stomach cramps, diarrhea, vomiting, shaking, chills or profuse sweating, irritability, jitters, and increased sensitivity to pain.

Expectancy
Expectancy: a psychoactive effect that happens in response to a person's expectation that an effect will occur. It causes placebo effects, and can emphasize the perception of drug effects.

Empathy
Empathy: the ability of one person to understand another person's point of view.

Binge Drinking
Binge Drinking deinition: a term used to describe excessive drinking, usually within a short time frame.

Delirium
Delirium: A temporary state of mental confusion characterized by fluctuating consciousness.

Dual Diagnosis
Dual diagnosis: when a person has a severe mental illnessand a co-existing alcohol or drug abuse problem.

Antabuse
Antabuse. Keywords. Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabiliation Advice.

Alcoholism
Alcoholism: a chronic disease in which the craving is so strong to drink the user drinks to the detriment of their health.

Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation: Restoration to good health through support and therapy.

MDMA
MDMA is the chemical name for Ecstasy

Drug Addiction Treatment Unit
Addiction Treatment Unit usually found in a general or psychiatric hospital, providing Detox for people addicted to alcohol and other drugs.

Alcohol Use
Alcohol use is the drinking or intake of alcohol.

Ecstasy
Ecstacy is both a stimulant and a psychedelic drug often used for recreation in clubs

GHB
GHB is short for Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) and is a depressant and has an intoxicating effec

Ativan
Ativan - A benzodiazepine tranquilizer (trade name Ativan) used to treat anxiety by attempting to effect chemicals in the brain that are perceived to be unbalanced and thereby cause anxiety. It’s important not to drugs like Ativan and chlordiazepoxide (Librium) if you’re allergic to benzodiazepines and especially not Ativan if you are pregnant as this medication can cause birth defects in an unborn baby.

Aversive Conditioning
When a person undergoes aversive conditioning, they undergo behavioural therapy that is aimed at counteracting negative and inappropriate behaviours. Basically, the client “unlearns” undesirable and self destructive behaviours through conditioning; an unpleasant stimulus is associated with the specific problem behaviour.

Alcohol Misuse
Alcohol Misuse. Keywords. Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabiliation Advice.

Ambien
Ambien. Keywords. Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabiliation Advice.

Blood Alcohol Level and Rehab
Blood alcohol level is a more accurate measure than simply counting how many drinks a person has had. Factors such as age, body weight, and sex can influence the degree to which a person is influenced by alcohol.

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