What Makes an Addiction?
Physically addictive substances used daily can bring these uncomfortable physical symptoms
What is Withdrawal?
The oldest known intoxicating substance used specifically for recreational purposes (even dating back to biblical times)
What is Alcohol?
We make dozens if not hundreds of these per day with our mind and one of the best way to improve our lives is to practice making good ones
What are Decisions/Choices?
We experience these in our mind, heart and gut and it is important to learn how to manage our reaction to them
What are Feelings/Emotions?
The essential inner drive, focus and desire that brings about positive change and attainment of goals
What is Motivation?
It takes more and more of a substance to get the same effect which often fuels the desire and need for using larger amounts
What is Tolerance?
Class of drugs used medicinally for thousands of years to relieve physical pain but nowadays often abused to relieve emotional pain
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
What are Attitudes?
It is important to learn to manage these uncomfortable mental experiences that can occur when we worry or overstress things
What is Anxiety?
The ability to look inside yourself honestly and truthfully; self-awareness
What is Insight?
Failure to recognize the truth about a problem, particularly an addiction, is often referred to as this
What is Denial?
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
What are Prescriptions?
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
What are Values?
These changing temporary states of mind can make us feel high, low and everything in between so it is important to be able to regulate these
What are Moods?
Something just about everyone needs when overcoming a difficult challenge, because it is so difficult to do it alone
What is Support?
Every bad choice we make can mean we have to face these later. Addiction can cause people to foolishly ignore these repeatedly
What are Consequences?
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
What is Tobacco?
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
What is Progress?
It is essential to learn to eliminate this negative emotion which stems from holding on to anger and grudges
What is Resentment?
Building insight and motivation leads to this powerful experience defined by a strong sense of positive mental stimulation to try and make things better
What is Inspiration?
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
What is Control?
Stimulants such as cocaine, speed and methamphetamine, when taken for long periods can induce a mental state of hallucinations and extreme paranoid delusions
This involves all the people, places and things that you surround yourself with and that you choose to be connected to
What are Associations?
Sometimes addiction can be directly linked to deeply disturbing or distressing experiences that occurred earlier in life all of which is referred to as
What is Trauma/PTSD?
If you find and discover this it can help you define your goals and add meaning and direction in your life
What is Purpose?