What Makes an Addiction
What's He Using?
If its Negative in Your Life, then Make it Positive
Basic Building Blocks of Positive Change
Challenges and Obsticles
100

Physically addictive substances used daily can bring these uncomfortable physical symptoms

Withdrawl

100

The oldest know intoxicating substance used specifically for recreational purposes (even dating back to biblical times.

Alcohol

100

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:

Decisions/Choices

100

The essential Inner drive, focus and desire, that brings about positive change and attainment of goals

Motivation 

100

A strong addictive urge that can pull you in a way you may not want to go if you are not careful

Craving

200

It takes more and more of a substance to get the same effect which often fuels the desire and need for using larger amounts 

Tolerance


200

Class of drugs used medicinally for thousands of years to relieve physical pain but nowadays often abused to relieve emotional pain

Opiates/Opioids

200

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

Attitude

200

The ability to look inside yourself honestly and truthfully: Self-Awareness

Insight

200

You may have went backwards a little bit but still you didn’t completely relapse

Setback

300

Failure to recognize the truth about a problem, particularly and addiction, is often referred to as this

Denial

300

Even though life may be spiraling out of control with dependency clearly increasing, some may believe that they are not addicted just because they may be obtaining drugs this legal medical way

Prescription

300

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

Values

300

Something just about everyone needs when overcoming a difficult challenge, because it is so difficult to do it alone

Support

300

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

Abstinence/Sobriety

400

Every bad choice we make can mean we have to face these later.  Addiction can cause people to foolishly ignore these repeatedly

Consequences

400

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

Tobacco

400

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

Progress

400

Building insight and motivation lead to this powerful experience defined by a strong sense of positive mental stimulation to try make things better

Inspiration

400

With more severe addiction, particularly opioid, if the withdrawal or cravings are overwhelming it may be wise to consider seeing a doctor for this

Medication or Medication Assisted Treatment

500

When you spend too much, use too much or too often and life problems are steadily pilling up, it is a good sign that you have lost this

Control

500

Stimulants such as cocaine, speed and methamphetamine, when taken for long periods of time can induce a mental state of hallucinations and extreme paranoid delusions called

Psychosis (or stimulant-induced psychosis)

500

This involves all the people, places and things that you surround yourself with and that you choose to be connected to

Associations

500

If you find and discover this it can help you define your goals and add meaning and direction in your life

Purpose

500

They say relapse doesn’t suddenly happen out of nowhere – It’s not an event, it is often much more of a gradual _____

Process

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