Long term effects of this substance use are: lung infections, infection of the ears lining an valves, skin infections and collapsed veins.
What is opiates
100
Make a searching moral fearless inventory of ourselves.
100
You achieved your initial goals and are working to sustain the change fro the long term. You are really learning how to cope with issues healthily instead of avoiding them.
What is maintenance
100
When problems become so bad that I cannot deny it I find a scapegoat and tell others it is not my fault.
What is blaming
100
The operative principle behind step one
What is honesty
200
Part of the brain that plays an important role in cardiac and respiratory functions, regulates sleep, and influences vomiting.
What is the brain stem
200
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less. Humility is the core concept of this step.
What is Step Seven: Humbly as Him to remove our shortcomings.
200
You are actively making gradual-measurable steps toward change.
What is Action
200
Sometimes I'll pretend to know a lot about alcoholism and addiction so other people will think that I know too much to have a problem.
What is rationalizing
200
Develops when we attempt to manage the welfare of others.
What is Co-Dependence
300
Alters the balance between inhibitory and excitatory neurotransmissions. It increases dopamine release and has depressant effect on neurons.
What is alcohol
300
This step reduces guilt and shame over the past and starts to liberate you from its power.Provides relief from anxiety and ego and commences the cleansing process.
What is Step Five: Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of wrongs.
300
May occur at any time. You experience a temporary loss of progress in this stage and must determine how to stabilize yourself and continue the change process.
What is Relapse
300
I never get sick or have problems because of drinking or drugging.
What is Absolute Denial
300
Denial, anger, bargaining, sadness, and acceptance.
What is five stages of grief
400
Affects body movement, emotional response, and ability to feel pleasure and pain.
What is Dopamine
400
Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
What is Step Ten
400
You decided to make the change and are motivated to do so. You begin planning what steps you need to take to make the change.
What is Preparation
400
My problem is not as bad as people think it is. I had a small problem.
What is minimizing
400
What we use to try to deal with difficult situations or events that occur in our lives.
What is Coping Skills
500
Brain's reward circuit is located here, regulates and controls the ability to feel pleasure, and influences perception of emotions.
What is the Limbic System
500
Make direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
What is Step Nine
500
You are aware of the problem and may be considering change. You may be able to acknowledge the benefits of making the change, but are still ambivalent/undecided about actually doing it.
What is Contemplation
500
I have the right to destroy myself and no one has the right to stop me!
What is Democratic Disease State
500
Anything that stimulates the desire to use/drink again. May be a thought, feeling, memory, place, or situation in which we find ourselves.