Ch. 1 (Understanding Addictive Behaviors)
Whose story does Chapter One share?
Charlie
These brain chemicals, also known as ___________, are part of the brain's communication system.
Neurotransmitters
When you've maintained consistent change for 6 months or longer
This includes pipes, bongs, rolling papers, and needles
Paraphernalia
This is when you tend to be hard on yourself, and have an active self-critical voice inside of you
Self-blame
1. Making you feel good
2. Helping you feel better
3. Enhancing your performance
Top three reasons people start using
The area of your brain that works to enable you to control and plan rational behavior. It can be damaged by excessive alcohol or drug use.
Frontal lobe
This stage is just what it sounds like; it is when you're starting to think about the possibility of changing.
Contemplation
These include drug dealers, people you used with, or ex-boyfriends/ex-girlfriends
Risky relationships
That very first time you drink or use after a period of going without is called a ____________ or ___________
"slip" or "lapse"
Biological, environmental, and other conditions that increase the risk for addiction
Personal Risk Factors
This is the most well-studied form of psychotherapy for addictions
CBT (Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy)
This is the stage when you're not aware that you need to make changes to your behavior
Pre-contemplation
Avoid, limit contact, and set limits
If you tend to jump to conclusions you are doing one of these two things.
"mindreading" or "fortune-telling"
Tolerance, withdrawal, and craving
Symptoms of addiction
This is the result of the brain change when dopamine is released in abnormally large amounts, which leads to strong motivation to repeat drug use
euphoria
When you enter this stage, you have initiated previous plans.
Action
Three communication styles listed in this chapter are:
Passive
Aggressive
Assertive
(NOTE: there is a fourth style called 'passive-aggressive communication' that is not listed in the workbook.)
This phase is the last experience in the sequence prior to making a decision about drinking or using.
Craving phase
Legal problems, Loss of control, and Impairment or distress resulting from use
When we don't have enough dopamine in our brains, the things that used to bring us pleasure just don't "do the trick" anymore; this loss of pleasure can lead to _______________, ______________, and a ______________ in the things that we once enjoyed.
Depression
hopelessness
a lack of interest
When you enter this stage you are convinced you need to change your behavior and you begin planning for it.
Preparation
The acronym "SMART" recovery means:
Self-Management and Recovery Training
The order in which the sequence of experiences that leads to drug or alcohol use unfolds:
________ -> ________ -> ________ -> ________
Trigger -> thought -> craving -> drug/alcohol use