LADC Exam Study Guide Answered
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Step 1 CORRECT ANSWERS We admitted we were powerless over alcohol- that our
lives had become unmanageable
Step 2 CORRECT ANSWERS Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves
could restore us to sanity
Step 3 CORRECT ANSWERS Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the
care of God as we understood him
Step 4 CORRECT ANSWERS Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of
ourselves
Step 5 CORRECT ANSWERS Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human
being the exact nature of our wrongs
Step 6 CORRECT ANSWERS Were entirely ready to have God remove all these
defects of characters
Step 7 CORRECT ANSWERS Humbly ask Him to remove our shortcomings
Step 8 CORRECT ANSWERS Made a list of all the persons we had harmed, and
became willing to make amends to them all
Step 9 CORRECT ANSWERS Made a direct amends to such people wherever
possible, except when to do so would injure them or others
Step 10 CORRECT ANSWERS Continued to take personal inventory and when we
were wrong, promptly admitted it
Step 11 CORRECT ANSWERS Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our
conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His
will for us and the power to carry that out
Step 12 CORRECT ANSWERS Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these
steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics and to practice these principles in all
our affairs
Tradition 1 CORRECT ANSWERS Our common welfare should come first; personal
recovery depends upon AA unity
,Tradition 2 CORRECT ANSWERS For our group purpose there is but one ultimate
authority- a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience our leaders
are but trusted servants, they do not govern
Tradition 3 CORRECT ANSWERS The only requirement for AA membership is a desire
to stop drinking
Tradition 4 CORRECT ANSWERS Each group should be autonomous expect in matters
affecting other groups or AA as a whole
Tradition 5 CORRECT ANSWERS Each group has but one primary purpose, to carry its
message to the alcoholic who still suffers
Tradition 6 CORRECT ANSWERS An AA group never endorse, finance or lend the AA
name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and
prestige divert us from our primary purpose
Tradition 7 CORRECT ANSWERS Every AA group ought to be fully self supporting,
declining outside contributions
Tradition 8 CORRECT ANSWERS AA should remain forever non professional, but our
service centers may employ special workers
Tradition 9 CORRECT ANSWERS AA as such ought never be organized but we may
create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve
Tradition 10 CORRECT ANSWERS AA has no opinion on outside issues, hence the AA
name ought never be drawn into public controversy
Tradition 11 CORRECT ANSWERS Our public relations policy is based on attraction
rather than promotion, we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of
press, radio, and films
Tradition 12 CORRECT ANSWERS Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our
traditions ever reminding us to place principles, before personalities
Definition of a Psychoactive Drug CORRECT ANSWERS Any substance that directly
alters normal functioning of the central nervous system
Uppers CORRECT ANSWERS Stimulants of the CNS
-cocaine, amphetamines, amphetamine cogeners (Ritalin), plan stimulants (khat, betel
nuts, ephedra, yohimbe), lookalike stimulants, caffeine, nicotine
Mental/Emotional Effects of Uppers CORRECT ANSWERS More confident, outgoing,
eager to perform & excited
Rush, anxiety, rapid speech, aggressiveness
,extreme anxiety, paranoia, anhedonia, mental confusion, mimic psychosis
Physical Effects of Uppers CORRECT ANSWERS Stimulation of the CNS
Energized muscles, increased heart rate, increased BP, insomnia, decreased appetite
Deplete body's energy chemicals and exhaust user- heart, blood vessels, and seizure
problems can occur
cancer, heart disease, emphysema
Downers CORRECT ANSWERS CNS Depressants
Opiates/Opioids: opium, morphine, codeine, heroin, oxycodone, hydrocodone,
methadone, hydromorphine
Sedative Hypnotics: Benzo's, alprazolam, diazepam, clonazepam, ambien, barbituates
Alcohol: beer, wine, liquor
Others: antihistamine, muscle relaxers, lookalike sedatives, bromides
Physical Effects of Downers CORRECT ANSWERS CNS Depressant
Slows heart rate, respiration, relaxes muscles, decreases coordination, induces sleeps,
dulls senses, diminishes pain, constipation, nausea, pinpoint pupils, slurred speech,
digestive problems, respiratory depression and coma
Sexual dysfunction and tissues dependence
Mental/Emotional Effects of Downers CORRECT ANSWERS Lower inhibitions- induce
free bx
relaxing/dulling the mind
diminish anxiety, controlling neurosis
induce euphoria- sense of well being
cause physical and psychic dependence
All Arounders (Psychedelics) CORRECT ANSWERS substances that distort
perceptions and induce illusions, delusions or hallucinations- 5 classifications
1. Ergots/Indoles: LSD, Psilocybin Mushrooms, Ayanausea, DMT
2. Phenylalkylamines: Peyote, MDM, MDA, 2CB, Ibogaine
3. Anticholinergics: belladonna, datura, jimson weed
4. Cannabinoids: marijuana, hashish
5. Others: Ketamine, PCP, nutmeg, amanita mushrooms
Physical Effects of All Arounders CORRECT ANSWERS nausea, dizziness,
Marijuana: increase appetite, bloodshot eyes
LSD: Raises BP, sweating
MDMA/LSD: act like stimulants
PCP/Ketamine: act as anesthetics- physical effects not as dominant as the mental
effects
Mental/Emotional effects of all arounders CORRECT ANSWERS distort sensory msgs
to and from the brain stem, the sensory switchboard for the mind, so that many external
stimuli, particularly visual, touch and auditory ones: intensity or altered illusions
, hallucinations, delusions
Inhalants CORRECT ANSWERS deliriants
gaseous or liquid substances that are inhaled and absorbed through the lungs
lungs: organic solvents (glue, gas metallic paint, gas additives, volatile nitrites, hexly
nitrite, anesthetics (laughing gas)
Physical effects of Inhalants CORRECT ANSWERS CNS depressant
dizziness, slurred speech, unsteady gait, drowsiness, lower BP, faint, lose balance,
drowsiness, stupor, coma, asphyxiation
organic solvents: toxic to cells in lungs, brain, liver, kidney tissues and blood
Mental/Emotional Effects of Inhalants CORRECT ANSWERS Impulsiveness,
excitement, mental confusion, irritability
delirium and some hallucinations
Anabolic Steroids and other sports drugs CORRECT ANSWERS Anabolic-androgenic
steroids are most common performance enhancing drugs
others include stimulants, HGH, HCG, herbal/nutritional supplements, and some
therapeutic drugs
Physical effects of anabolic steroids CORRECT ANSWERS increased muscle mass
and strength
prolonged use can cause acne, high BP, shrunken testes and masculinization in women
mental emotional effects of anabolic steroids CORRECT ANSWERS cause stimulant
like high, increased confidence, and increased aggression
prolonged large dose use can be accompanied by outbursts of anger known as "roid
rage"
Psychiatric Medications CORRECT ANSWERS used to rebalance irregular brain
chemistry that caused mental problems, drug addiction and other compulsive disorders
most common: antidepressants and antianxiety-including pain disorder drugs
physical effects of psychiatric medications CORRECT ANSWERS wide variety of
effects- particularly one heart, blood, skeletal muscle systems but mental/emotional
effects are most important
side effects, adverse reactions and toxic effects are especially severe with antipsychotic
drugs called "neuroleptic drugs"
mental/emotional effects of psychiatric medications CORRECT ANSWERS manipulate
brain chemicals (serotonin) that elevate mood
manipulate dopamine to control schizophrenic mood swings and hallucinations
antianxiety drugs manipulate brain chemicals such as GABA to inhibit anxiety producing
thoughts