What Makes an Addiction?
Physically addictive substances used daily can bring these uncomfortable physical symptoms
What is withdrawal?
The oldest known intoxicating substance used specifically for recreational purposes (even dating back to biblical times)
What is Alcohol?
We make dozens if not hundreds of these a day with our mind and one of the best ways to improve our lives is to practice making good ones:
What are Decisions/Choices?
We experience these in our mind, heart and gut and it is important to learn how to manage our reaction to them
What are Feelings/ Emotions?
A strong addictive urge that can pull you in a way you may not want to go if you are not careful
What is a Craving?
It takes more and more of a substance to get the same effect, which often fuels the desire and need for using larger amounts.
What is Tolerance?
Class of drugs used medicinally for thousands of years to relieve physical pain but nowadays often abused to relieve emotional pain
What are Opiates / Opioids?
This describes overall the way we present and express ourselves. If we have a negative one we should want to change it to grateful and positive
What is Attitude?
It is important to learn to manage this uncomfortable mental experience that can occur when we worry or stress over things
What is Anxiety?
You may have went backwards a little bit but still you didn’t completely relapse
What is a Setback?
Failure to recognize the truth about a problem, particularly an addiction, is often referred to as this
What is Denial?
Even though life may be spiraling out of control with dependency clearly increasing, some people may believe that they are not addicted just because they may be obtaining drugs this legal medical way
What is a Prescription?
This categorizes and includes all that is most important in your life and, what you care about the most, and what has the most worth to you
What are Values?
These changing temporary states of mind can be make us feel high, low and everything in between so it is important to be able to regulate these
What are Moods?
Some people may try to deal with substance use issue by attempting use less, or change to a less harmful substance. If that isn’t working you may need to consider this more basic old option
What is Abstinence/Sobriety?
Every bad choice we make can mean we have to face these later. Addiction can cause people to foolishly ignore these repeatedly
What are Consequences?
The vast majority of people who use this legal plant use it as often as 10 or 20 times a day despite knowing it is the number one killer of all addictive substances in the world
What is Tobacco?
You can have ups and downs along the way but what matters most is that you keep moving forward. If that is true then you are steadily making this
What is Progress?
It is essential to learn to eliminate this negative emotion which stems from holding on to anger and grudges
What is Resentment?
With more severe addiction, particularly opioid, if the withdrawal or cravings are overwhelming it may be wise to consider seeing a doctor for this
What is Medication or Medication Assisted Treatment?
When you spend too much, use too much or too often and life problems are steadily piling up, it is a good sign you have lost this
What is Control?
Stimulants such as cocaine, speed and methamphetamine, when taken for long periods can induce a mental state of hallucinations and extreme paranoid delusions called:
What is Psychosis (Or stimulant-induced psychosis)?
This involves all the people, places and things that you surround yourself with and that you choose to be connected to
What are Associations?
Sometimes addiction can be directly linked to deeply disturbing or distressing experiences that occurred earlier in life all of which is referred to as: _____
What is Trauma/PTSD?
They say relapse doesn’t suddenly happen out of nowhere – It’s not an event, it is often much more of a gradual _____
What is a Process?