Terminology
Physically addictive substances used daily can bring these uncomfortable physical symptoms
Withdrawal
Feelings, individuals, or situations that cause your brain to crave substances; if you are unaware of them they could be a factor for relapse.
Triggers
This famous rock star died officially of heart failure, but after his death reportedly was found to contain high dosages of, among other things, the opiates Dilaudid, Percodan, and Demerol, as well as Quaaludes and codeine.
Elvis
The sudden surge of this chemical creates intense feelings when substances are abused
Dopamine
The amount of time a smoker will takeoff their life compared to a non-smoker of similar lifestyle.
10 years
To politely yet firmly stand up for yourself when facing a trigger or difficult situation is called this.
Assertiveness
Needing to drink or use more drugs to experience the same effect.
Tolerance
This singer/songwriter experienced a 20-year drug and alcohol addiction that he said saw him spending about $16,000 a week on heroin in the 1970s.
Who is Eric Clapton?
He chose to get clean and change his path after the death of his 4 year old son.
When someone uses drugs repeatedly, their brain ___________.
a) becomes trained to crave the drug
b) becomes smaller than before
c) is not changed
d ) all of the above
e) a and b
A: The brain is wired to remember feelings of pleasure, including those produced by drugs unnaturally. The brain then strives to repeat those feelings, which the drug user experiences as a craving for the drug.
B: Multiple research studies have found that the brains of people with severe alcohol abuse disorders are smaller and lighter than brains of people who are not alcoholics. 1 The brains of alcoholics have "shrunken" compared to nonalcoholic brains.
What are you doing when you Maintain limits with self and others, protecting your personal and emotional space, avoiding negativity?
Setting boundaries
The ability to look inside yourself honestly and truthfully; having self awareness
Insight
Harmful in recovery and can be things we tell ourselves to talk us into using again
What are relapse justification thoughts
bonus: 100 pts to anyone willing to share a specific time when they had a justification thought
This child star first was forced into rehab at age 13, and a mental institution for a year and a half after that. She was emancipated from her parents and declared an adult at age 14. She worked hard and stayed sober once she was away from her family.
Who is Drew Barrymore?
Drugs work in the brain because they have similar ____________ a) electrical charges as brain cells b) size and shape as natural brain chemicals c) nerve cells as the brain
. B: Drugs “fool” the brain because they are similar in size and shape as the natural brain chemicals called neurotransmitters.
For the best chance of staying sober, what is the MINIMUM length of time a person should stay in treatment
90 days
This person allows for self destructive behavior to persist by making excuses or providing ways to avoid consequences.
The enabler
Believing in our ability so greatly that it can cause us setbacks or problems in relation to recovery and mental health.
Overconfidence
What child film star, part of the biggest movie franchise of the 2000s shared the following statement on alcohol abuse: “I was living in constant fear of who I’d meet, what I might have said to them, what I might have done with them, so I’d stay in my apartment for days and drink alone. I was a recluse at 20. It was pathetic – it wasn’t me. I’m a fun, polite person, and it turned me into a rude bore.”
Daniel Radcliffe
Name one quality or trait a person should have to make relationships better in recovery?
Honesty, equality, respect
Name 3 reasons that can influence whether or not a person becomes addicted
Genetics (family history)
Age
Environmental factors (neighborhood, friends)
Gender
ethnicity
The process by which the qualities of a poison or toxin are reduced by the body. Pertaining to addiction it is generally a medically supervised treatment for alcohol or drug addiction designed to purge the body of intoxicating or addictive substances.
Detox
how could over commitment lead to relapse? Give an example
This can lead to feeling overloaded and under pressure.
increased stress that promotes escapism
encourages grandiosity and wishful thinking in high risk situations
recovery is not a race- it can set unrealistic expectations for recovery.
who won Academy Awards for Good Will Hunting and Argo and starred as Batman in the DC Comics franchise, has been open about his issues with alcohol. He went to rehab for the first time in 2001 and has called addiction “a lifelong and difficult struggle.” Following a stay at a treatment center in 2018, Affleck said on social media, “If you have a problem, getting help is a sign of courage, not weakness or failure.”
Ben Affleck
How does low self-esteem lead to addiction and addiction lead to low self esteem?
Use substance to feel good about ourselves; false confidence; do not develop social skills or talents and feel worse when substance wears off
Tell 3 people on your team something they are doing great and something they need to work on
Other team may answer the same question for 500 points