Biology of Addiction
The "pleasure" reward and motivation neurotransmitter.
What is Dopamine?
Integral step in risk management process done in advance to enhance safety.
What is Planning/Preparation?
People are _____percent more likely to reach goals they have written down.
What is 42%?
People are _______ driven.
What are values?
A step to take in advance to avoid reactivity and undesirable consequences.
What is the "pause" (and think)?
The neurotransmitter that represents happiness/contentment and being focused, emotionally stable, happier, and calmer.
What is Serotonin?
A major step within risk management is to identify ________, ahead of time to build in resiliency.
What are Stressors, Triggers and Cravings?
An intermediate target a person pursues that leads to a goal?
What are Objectives?
Acceptable alternatives = Next Action Steps, Sub Goals, Next Steps.
Incompatible with many worthwhile goals/values and success.
What is substance use/abuse.
Thoughts that are inaccurate/irrational, and lead to bad feelings.
What are faulty cognitions/cognitive distortions?
Highjacks the reward pathway in the brain.
What is/are Substances/Chemicals/Drugs?
One can improve their use of refusal skills through_______.
What is practice?
Goals should be aligned with one's ________.
What are values/principles.
Behaviors should be aligned with our _______. When they are not we experience cognitive dissonance.
What are Values/Principles?
Expanding one's window of distress/frustration tolerance requires practice. In the beginning it makes more sense to practice impulse control when it is _______.
What is easier/less intense/less stressful?
The part of the brain susceptible to impulsivity, substance use and reactivity? Hint: Unlike the PFC that is the part of the brain that interrupts irrational behavior.
What is the Limbic Brain?
Emotional Intelligence is made up of _______, _______, social awareness and relationship management.
What are Self-awareness and self management?
SMART goals are S_______ M_______A_______R_______T_______.
What are Strategic, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-Bound.
Things that matter most should never be at the mercy of things that matter least describes _______.
What are priorities?
Alternative answers: Time Management, First Things First
Thoughts (sometimes irrational/faulty) about the facts of a situation trigger (bad) feelings, and based on those feelings we engage in behaviors which in turn impact the situation (either positively or negatively) causing ________, and the cycle continues.
What are (negative) consequences/outcomes?
The executive functioning part of the brain that provided impulse control, planning, and risk management functions.
What is the PFC (frontal lobe)- Prefrontal Cortex?
Protective factors against substance use/abuse. Hint: Think Serotonin rather than Dopamine.
What are Connection, Purpose, Meaning?
The ___% of the Harvard MBA graduating class that had written goals had a net worth or more than the other ____% combined.
What are 3% and 97%?
Longtime perspective sharpens _______. Hint: Aiming high in steering provides ample opportunity to adjust.
What is short term focus?
The activating event, followed by _______(what gets us into trouble), followed by the consequence.
What is belief?