MISC
describes the way that people figure things out, solve problems, and do mental exercises such as planning.
What is Thinking?
This actor/comedian who lived in the bay area struggled with addiction and substance abuse. He completed suicide in 2014.
Who is Robin Williams?
Things that can distract you from using. They help you deal with triggers. Examples: Going to the gym, watching movies, going to meetings
What are coping skills?
Progress not __________
What is Progress not perfection
A mental health disorder in which people feel apprehension or worry about something bad happening in the future. Can be accompanied by physical symptoms, such as muscle tension, shaking, sweating, shortness of breath, and a racing heart.
What is Anxiety
long-lasting thoughts, impulses, or images that are unwanted and cause distress.
What is obsessions?
This author, who wrote books such as Carrie and The Green Mile struggled with alcohol and prescription drug addiction for years.
Who is Stephen King?
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.
What is tolerance?
It ______ if you _________
What is it works if you work it
When you have both a Mental Health illness and addiction of any kind.
What is a co-occurring disorder or dual diagnosis?
An event that seeks to increase an alcoholic's desire to quit by confronting them.
What is an Intervention?
This well-known actress has been in the spotlight since age 6. Her cocaine addiction saw her blacklisted in Hollywood at age 12. After time in and out of mental institutions, surviving a suicide attempt at age 14, and seeking legal emancipation from her mother, she later overcame her addiction to become the owner of her own production company, star in numerous films, and become a successful talk show hostess.
Who is Drew Barrymore?
This type of dependency takes place when the BODY itself feels a direct need for the drug.
What is Physical Dependency
Don't quit ___________ before the miracle
What is Don't quit 5 minutes before the miracle
Repetitive behaviors that a person feels driven to do to get rid of anxieties
Compulsions
A mental and emotional state characterized by an intense craving or compulsion to use a substance or engage in a behavior (such as gambling) to experience pleasure or avoid discomfort.
What is Psychological Dependency?
This Marvel actor has struggled with alcoholism and drug addiction over the years.
Who is Robert Downey Jr.?
The process by which a poison or toxin is removed from the body and generally medically supervised treatment designed to purge the body.
What is detox?
Cultivate an attitude
What is of gratitude
Occur when a person perceives something that does not exist. For example, someone may “see” images or “hear” sounds that do not exist
What are hallucinations
Daily Double
Refers to periods when a person has an unusually elevated or irritable mood. These episodes may have an inflated sense of self-esteem, have a decreased need for sleep, be bursting with energy and activity, and appear very agitated
What are manic episodes?
On December 8, 2019, this rapper was aboard a private Gulfstream jet flying from Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles to Midway International Airport in Chicago where officers were waiting to search the plane for drugs. The rapper died after being given 2 doses of Nar Can
Who is Juice Wrld?
Behaviors characterized by compulsive substance use or behavioral habits despite harmful consequences. It disrupts brain reward circuits, resulting in an inability to stop, intense cravings, and reduced self-control.
What is addiction?
The Key to freedom are the ______
What are the steps?
Daily Double
A psychotic disorder is a mental health disorder in which people experience _________, _________, and _________
What are Delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized thinking.