PCB CRS EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS

PCB CRS EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS Define Recovery. No single definition. Recovery = different things to different people at different times. Defining recovery from: 1. Physical illness 2. Trauma 3. Mental health 4. Oppression 5. Racism 6. Poverty SAMHSA Working Definition of Recovery: A process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential. SAMHSA 4 dimensions that support a life in recovery: 1. Health: A) Overcoming or managing one's disease(s) or symptoms—for example, abstaining from use of alcohol. B) Making informed, healthy choices that support physical and emotional well-being. 2. Home: A stable and safe place to live. 3. Purpose: Meaningful daily activities, such as a job, school, independence, income and resources to participate in society. 4. Community: Relationships and social networks that provide support, friendship, love, and hope. The History of Addiction & Recovery from • 1750: 1st sobriety "Circles" are formed within Native American tribes. - Contemporary Native American Sobriety Movement: "talking circle." • 1774: Anthony Benezet's Mighty Destroyer Displayed is published. - It is the earliest American essay on alcoholism. • 1784: Dr. Benjamin Rush's says alcoholism = disease. - His work = beginning of Temperance movement: Driven by mainly women looking @ alcohol abuse; made pledges against drinking. • 1810: Dr. Benjamin Rush calls for creation of a "Sober House" for the care of the confirmed drunkard. • 19th century: Morphine, laudanum, & cocaine were newly discovered, unregulated, and freely prescribed. - These drugs were available in patent medicines and sold by traveling salesmen, drugstores, or by mail. - In U.S. Civil War, morphine was used freely. • 1875: opium dens were outlawed in San Francisco. The History of Addiction & Recovery from • 1906: Pure Food and Drug Act required labeling of patent medicines containing opium and some other drugs. • 1914: Harrison Narcotic Act forbade the sale of large doses of opiates & cocaine except by doctors. - Later, heroin was banned from the sale of medicines. • Later Supreme Court decisions made it illegal to prescribe narcotics to addicts. - Doctors who prescribed maintenance doses for treatment were jailed. • 1920's: use of narcotics and cocaine diminished. • 1919: the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution prohibited the use and distribution of alcohol. • 1933: Prohibition repealed. • 1930's: most states required anti-drug education in schools, but fear that knowledge led to experimentation caused trainings to end. • Mid 1930's: U.S. Federal Bureau of Narcotics (now the Drug Enforcement Administration) ran campaign to show marijuana as addicting drug that led to narcotics use. • 1950's: the use of marijuana increased again, along with amphetamines and tranquilizers. The History of Addiction & Recovery from 1960s-Present • 1960's: big increase in drug use and some increased social acceptance. • 1970's: some states had decriminalized marijuana and lowered the drinking age. • 1980's: cocaine and crack use soared. - U.S. troops invaded Panama and brought Manuael Noriega to trial for drug trafficking. The Foundation of the Recovery Process Transformation: The Civil Rights Movement (Civil Rights movements like African-American Civil Rights Movement, Voting, and Women's, Disability, Patient, HIV, and Prisoner Rights). The Recovery Process Transformation declares that: