What Makes an
Addiction?
What’s He Using?
If its Negative in Your
Life then Make it
Positive
Managing the Mind
(Mental Health)
Basic Building Blocks
of Positive Change
100

Physically addictive substances used daily can bring these uncomfortable physical symptoms

Withdrawal

100

The oldest known 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

We experience these in our mind, heart and gut and it is important to learn how to manage our reaction to them

Feelings/ Emotions

100

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

Motivation

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

It is important to learn to manage this uncomfortable mental experience that can occur when we worry or stress over things

Anxiety

200

The ability to look inside yourself honestly and truthfully: SelfAwareness

Insight

300

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

Denial

300

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

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

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

Moods

300

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

Support

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

It is essential to learn to eliminate this negative emotion which stems from holding on to anger and grudges

Resentment

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

500

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

Control

500

Stimulants such as cocaine, speed and methamphetamine, when taken for long periods 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

Sometimes addiction can be directly linked to deeply disturbing or distressing experiences that occurred earlier in life all of which is referred to as: _____

Trauma/PTSD

500

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

Purpose

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