What is Addiction
According to the Disease Model of Addiction, is it a choice or disease?
disease
What percentage of people are addicted to alcohol or other drugs?
A) 10%-
B) 8%-
C) 5%-
A) 10%
a person in active addiction to drugs will continue to get worse over time
progressive
What are risk factors?
Things that increase a person's chances of developing substance abuse or dependency.
Which major organ is directly affected by addiction?
the brain
What is the acronym H.O.W in AA literature?
Honesty, open-mindedness, willingness
What is the most commonly used drug in America?
marijuana
A behaviors characterized by the repeated, compulsive seeking or use of a substance despite consequences, and a need for an increased amount of the substance, as time goes on, to achieve the same effect.
Addiction
Name 3 risk factors for addiction.
Genetics, environment, early age, stress/trauma, and mental health hx..
At what age is the brain finished developing?
What DENIAL?
Thoughts that are harmful to recovery and are usually things we tell ourselves to talk us into using again.
What is the neurotransmitter in the brain is most affected by drug abuse?
Dopamine
The need to increase the dose over time to obtain the original effect. In other words, higher doses are needed to produce the same effect experienced initially.
tolerance
What is one thing that can decrease a person's chance of developing an addiction?
complete abstinence, drug education and healthy coping skills
What does H.A.L.T stand for?
What is the deadliest drug?
Alcohol
What type of addiction is it when the BODY itself feels a direct need for a drug?
physical dependency.
The process by which a poison or toxin is removed from the body and generally medically supervised treatment designed to purge the body of intoxicating or addictive substances.
detox
The younger people use substances, the less chance they have at becoming addicted. True or false?
False. The younger one begins using the more chance they have at becoming addicted.
Name at least 3 specific areas of the body that can be affected by drug use.
Mouth, Liver, Throat, Lungs, Skin, Kidney, Bladder, Heart, Brain
What percentage of those addicted to substances receive treatment? 20%, 40%, 5% or 10%
10%
What type of addiction is it when the MIND sends the body a message that it needs more of a drug?
psychological dependency
A neurotransmitter in the brain that is triggered by substances and causes a repeat in behaviors?
dopamine
What is one of the most common 'gateway' drugs?
Alcohol, marijuana, nicotine
Name at least 3 diseases or illnesses that can result from drug use.
What are: Hepatitis, Heart Disease, Obesity, Mental Health disorders, HIV, Cancer, a Stroke, etc.