Feelings and Emotions
Symptoms of this feeling/emotion can include irritability, muscle tension, and verbal aggression and can increase risk of heart attack or stroke.
This form of communication involves genuinely expressing your feelings/thoughts while respecting the rights of others.
Assertive communication
This term refers to any behavior that we continue to engage in despite it causing negative/unwanted consequences.
Addiction
Only people with a family history of addiction develop substance abuse issues.
False: However, it's estimated that 40-60% of the risk of developing a substance abuse disorder can be accounted for by genetic factors.
This TV show centered around a former teacher who began making Methamphetamine after finding out he had cancer.
Breaking Bad
Signs of this feeling/emotion can include increased heart rate, sweating, racing thoughts and restlessness.
Anxiety
This coping strategy includes breathing in slowly through your nose and out through your mouth and is used to help manage symptoms of anxiety.
Deep Breathing
This term refers to any stimuli that leads to thoughts of wanting to drink/use.
Triggers
Most people who have an active substance use disorder seek treatment.
False: In the most recent study(2022) only 26% of the 54+ million people who needed substance abuse treatment received any help.
This movie starring Nicholas Cage centers around a character who makes the decision to drink himself to death.
Leaving Las Vegas
Signs of this emotion can include low motivation, decreased energy, isolation, poor self-care/hygiene, and decreased pleasure in previously enjoyable activities.
Depression
This coping skill involves finding a positive perspective in a negative situation/experience.
Positive thinking/positive reframing
This term involves the process of identifying triggers and learning healthy alternative behaviors to avoid return to drug/alcohol use.
Relapse prevention
Relapse rates for substance abuse resemble those of other chronic diseases.
True
This reality TV show follows people with substance abuse issues and their families who are attempting to get them to seek treatment.
Intervention
Symptoms of this feeling can include pressured speech, impulsivity/recklessness, grandiosity, and decreased need for sleep.
Mania/Hypomania
This coping strategy involves focusing on a particular thought, image, sound, or object in an attempt to calm anxious or worrying thoughts and/or relax the body.
Meditation
This term refers to the need to use a substance in larger amounts in order to obtain the desired effect.
Tolerance
Having a continuing care plan does not significantly affect the likelihood of maintaining sobriety.
False: Studies show that clients who follow a continuum of care can increase their abstinence rate by up to 50% compared to those who do not.
This comedy co-starring Matthew McConaughey that takes place in the 1970s centers around a collection of high school students on the last day of school.
Dazed and Confused
Symptoms of this mental health disorder can include intrusive thoughts, flashbacks, nightmares, avoidance of triggers and hypervigilance.
PTSD(or Post-traumatic Stress Disorder)
This coping strategy involves the pattern of intentionally tensing and relaxing various muscles in your body.
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
The acronym PAWS stands for this condition.
Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome
50% of Americans over the age of 12 have illicitly used drugs in their lifetime.
True
This drama made in 2000 starring Jared Leto and Jennifer Connelly centers largely around 4 characters whose lives are destroyed by drug addiction.
Requiem for a Dream