The Brain
This chemical controls our ability to do things and is part of the brain's reward system.
What is dopamine?
Feelings, individuals, or situations that cause your brain to crave substances; if you are unaware of them they could be a factor for relapse.
People, Places, Things
What are triggers?
The condition of being physically and/or mentally dependent on a substance.
What is addiction?
A group of people with lived experience who meet regularly to help each other in sobriety.
What is peer-led recovery groups? AKA 12-Step, SMART, LifeRing, Celebrate Recovery, etc
A mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique
What is mindfulness?
The last part of the brain to fully develop, around age 25.
What is the frontal lobe?
You should share this with trusted people so they can help you in your recovery.
What is a Relapse Prevention Plan?
When you gradually using more of the substance in order to achieve the same effect as the first time.
What is tolerance?
Name two important risk factors for addiction.
What is Genetics, environment, early age, stress/trauma, or mental health history?
Getting support from a neutral person who can help with mental health and addiction concerns
What is therapy/ttreatment?
It can take up to ______ years for the brain to return to homeostasis after someone stops using substances.
What is 2 years?
The 3 stages of relapse
What are emotional, mental, and physical?
Thoughts that are harmful to recovery and are often things people tell themselves to justify using.
What is denial?
Cocaine or Methamphemine are examples of this kind of drug
What are stimulants?
A mindfulness technique used to manage cravings and impulses by observing them as temporary waves that will eventually subside.
What is urge surfing?
The process of adapting to change and creating a new set point/baseline (opposite of homeostasis)
What is allostasis?
What are: boredom, celebration, sadness, wanting to fit it/FOMO, self-medicating, trying to hide or elicit a certain emotion, escape, etc?
Negative incorrect beliefs, stereotypes, or labels.
What is stigma?
The major organ that is directly effected the most by drug use.
What is the brain?
Name 5 healthy coping skills
What is: reading, playing sports, writing, walking, talking to friends, music, watching tv, calling your sponsor, prayer/meditation, etc?
The brain's reward system that motivates us to do things based on how much pleasure they bring is called the __________ Pathway.
What is the Hedonic Pathway?
People, places, and things that help you maintain sobriety.
What are protective factors?
This model of addiction that states a person uses substances because their character is weak. It claims people choose to use and can stop whenever they want.
What is the Moral Model?
Name 3 symptoms of substance use disorder.
What are:
Using more of the substance than the person originally planned.
Being unable to stop using the substance.
Experiencing relationship problems because of substance use.
Spending large amounts of time seeking or using the substance, or recovering from use.
Reducing participation in favorite activities in favor of substance use.
Being unable to keep up with daily responsibilities due to substance use.
Craving the substance.
Continuing to use the substance despite negative health effects.
Doing or thinking about something different when you feel yourself being triggered to use substances
What is opposite action?