Addiction
Across
- 2. refraining from further drug use
- 4. powerful and strong desire/ urge for substance
- 9. the act of using drugs or alcohol after being clean
- 12. condition requiring medically significant symptoms that often have a known cause
- 14. a repeated activity that continuously causes harm to oneself or others
- 15. professionals aimed at getting the addict to admit to addiction and seek help
- 16. the removal of a toxic substance from the body
- 17. type of addiction that causes the body to need this drug to function
- 19. chronic liver disease
- 20. a substance with no pharmacological elements that may elicit a reaction because of a patient's mindset
- 22. stigmatizing term for an individual with an addictive disorder
- 23. reducing or ceasing substance abuse
Down
- 1. helping an addict
- 3. the natural chemical a neuron releases to communicate with or influence another
- 5. less powerful desires than cravings; can be suppressed by willpower
- 6. behavioral simulant/pep pills
- 7. anything that results in psychological and then physical relapse
- 8. type of addiction where the mind believes it needs the drug
- 10. the abrupt decrease in or removal of ones regular dosage of a psychoactive substance
- 11. a symptom free period
- 13. one who misuses alcohol or drugs
- 18. physical dependence
- 21. poppy's natural ingredients and their derivatives