Word Relevance Survey - Addiction & Recovery

Noah H. (United States of America)
A survey of words often used by the Addiction Professional community and it's clients seeking to understand ideas presented during process of treatment and into full recovery.
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  1. ambivalence
    mixed feelings or emotions
  2. addiction
    being dependent on something habit-forming
  3. recovery
    return to an original state
  4. relapse
    deteriorate in health
  5. risk
    a source of danger
  6. morbidity
    the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you
  7. cooccurring
    occurring or operating at the same time
  8. invest
    lay out money or resources in an enterprise
  9. therapy
    the act of providing treatment for an illness or disorder
  10. cognitive
    relating to or involving the mental process of knowing
  11. behavior
    the way a person acts toward other people
  12. resistant
    disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority
  13. inpatient
    a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated
  14. outpatient
    a patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is being treated
  15. conjoint
    consisting of two or more associated entities
  16. mental
    involving the mind or an intellectual process
  17. health
    the general condition of body and mind
  18. plan
    a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be achieved
  19. act
    behave in a certain manner
  20. react
    show a response to something
  21. submit
    yield to the control of another
  22. will
    the capability of conscious choice and decision
  23. care
    providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
  24. God
    the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
  25. trust
    belief in the honesty and reliability of others
  26. respect
    regard highly; think much of
  27. dignity
    the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect
  28. suffering
    feelings of mental or physical pain
  29. prevention
    the act of hindering
  30. abuse
    cruel or inhumane treatment
  31. misuse
    improper handling or application of something
  32. dependence
    the state of relying on someone or something else
  33. choice
    the act of selecting
  34. purpose
    what something is used for
  35. existence
    the state or fact of being
  36. molded
    shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
  37. opportunity
    a possibility from a favorable combination of circumstances
  38. motivational
    of or serving to provide incentive or stimulus to action
  39. life
    the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms
  40. sick
    affected by impairment of normal physical or mental function
  41. influence
    a power to affect persons or events
  42. provisional
    under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon
  43. meaning
    the message that is intended or expressed or signified
  44. psychotherapeutic
    of or relating to or practicing psychotherapy
  45. contemplative
    deeply or seriously thoughtful
  46. change
    become different in some particular way
  47. maintenance
    activity involved in keeping something in good working order
  48. family
    a group of people related to one another
  49. support
    the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
  50. sober
    not affected by a chemical substance, especially alcohol
    Fun to compare the word 'sober' with the word 'clean' in a side by-side.
  51. clean
    free from dirt or impurities
    Fun to compare the word 'clean' with the word 'sober' in a side by-side.
  52. inspiration
    arousal of the mind to unusual activity or creativity
  53. moral
    concerned with principles of right and wrong
  54. inventory
    a detailed list of all the items in stock
Created on Thu Apr 15 13:56:07 EDT 2010 (updated Mon Jun 28 19:40:12 EDT 2010)

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