Addiction 101
Hazardous use, Social or interpersonal problems related to use, Neglected major roles to use, tolerance, withdrawal, Used larger amounts/longer, Repeated attempts to control use or quit, Much time spent using, Physical or psychological problems related to use, Activities given up to use, Craving
What is the 11 criteria that make up substance use disorder....will also take addiction
We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable.
What is step one
Any emotion you could possible have is what type of trigger?
Internal
intense sadness that interferes with a person’s social functioning and activities of daily living, often feel tired, sad, irritated, lazy, and like you just don’t care....often leads to negative thinking and despair
What is depression?
How can helping others be used as a coping skill?
Helping others can improve our mood and make us feel good about ourselves.
Cocaine, Methamphetamine,
What are stimulants
the correct (official) name of AA's basic text
What is Alcoholics Anonymous
People, places, and things are what type of trigger
What is external?
experience periods of depression also periods of mania; have intense mood swings between depression and mania. Some people swing back and forth between depression and mania many times a day. Many people remain depressed for several weeks or months and then have a manic episode.
What is Bipolar Disorder?
Name 3 negative coping skills
Self-harm, substance abuse, withdraw/isolation, fighting, bottling feelings up, and many more
Klonopin, valium, xanax
What is benzodiazepines
The only requirement for membership in Narcotics Anonymous
A desire to stop using
Name 5 sensory triggers (triggers related to your 5 senses)
look of white powders, music, smell of marijuana, etc.....
This happens when a person suddenly experiences intense fear, anxiety, and impending doom.; person also experiences shortness of breath, racing heart, chest pain or discomfort, and a fear of losing control.
What is an anxiety attack?
Name 3 positive coping skills
exercise, art activities, talking to a friend, participating in leisure, and many more!
heroin, fentanyl, hydrocodone, opana,
What are opioids
Someone who guides you through the 12 steps and 12 traditions
What is a sponsor ?
Triggers that you can avoid are...........
certain people, places, and things....specific examples are.......
a belief that is (1) not true, (2) based on an incorrect assumption about the world, and (3) held very strongly by someone even though other people do not believe it. For example, someone may believe they are being followed, even though that is not the case
What is a delusion?
Name 3 stressors in your life and a positive way you can cope with it
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LSD, mescaline, psilocybin, PCP, cannabis, ecstasy, ketamine, salvia
What are hallucinogens
What are some simple suggestions in a 12 step program to help one stay in recovery?
Name 3 ways you can interrupt triggers. For example, if Friday/Saturday nights are triggers for you how can you interrupt those?
Go to a meeting with a friend on a Friday night
Go to the gym
Call sponsor
a way to describe a situation in which people talk incoherently (they do not make much sense), quickly jump from one topic to another, and respond to questions with answers that are unrelated to the question.
What is disorganized thinking?
Name 5 things you have learned that can help you when you feel like you want to use
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