Addiction 101
What type of disease is addiction?
Addiction is a BRAIN disease.
What is a trigger?
A person, place, thing, or emotion/experience that is associated with drugs or the use of a drug.
What does AA stand for?
Alcoholics Anonymous
What does CBT stand for?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
True or False?
Relapse is always defined as using a drug after a period of abstinence from that drug.
FALSE
Relapse involves a return to a former state and involves 3 stages - emotional, mental, and physical. Earlier stages DO NOT involve the use of substances, but involves decreased attention to self-care, disconnection, and return to old habits/poor coping behaviors.
True or False?
Over 138 million people (above the age of 12) have illicitly used drugs in their lifetime
TRUE
138.543 million or 50.0% of people aged 12 and over have illicitly used drugs in their lifetime.
Identify 3 distinct coping skills.
Attending a meeting, talking to someone, exercising, journalling, challenging negative thoughts, using grounding techniques, helping another person, going to therapy
What does MAT stand for?
Medication-Assisted Treatment
Explain the cognitive model (i.e. basis of CBT).
A situation is interpreted in the form of a thought, which results in an emotion that then leads to a particular behavior.
What is the difference between abstinence and recovery?
Abstinence is simply no longer using a drug. Sobriety, which may or may not include total abstinence, incorporates other behavioral and healing elements that support a healthier, lifestyle.
Name at least 3 factors that affect the likelihood of developing an addiction once you've used a substance.
Genes, age of exposure, and environmental factors, such as peer influence, community factors, chaotic household, sense of connection
What is the difference between a lapse and a relapse?
A relapse is a sustained return to heavy and frequent substance use that existed prior to treatment or the commitment to change. A slipup is a short-lived lapse, often accidental, typically reflecting inadequacy of coping strategies in a high-risk situation.
Name 2 benefits of having social support.
Improved physical health
Greater resilience to stress
Improved self-esteem
Feeling of security
Improved mental well-being
Greater life satisfaction
What is an example of a cognitive distortion? (2 pts if you can name the type and provide an example)
Black and White Thinking
Minimization/Magnification
Labelling
Mental Filtering
Overgeneralization
Discounting the Positives
Jumping to Conclusions
Personalizqation
What is Mindfulness?
A state of active, open attention to the present. This state is described as observing one’s thoughts and feelings without judging them as good or bad; encompasses awareness and acceptance, which can help people understand and cope with uncomfortable emotions, allowing them to gain control and relief
What is the highest level of care for substance use treatment that indicates the highest need for medical or therapeutic support?
What is an example of a Grounding Technique?
Body Scan or Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Breathing Techniques
The 5-4-3-2-1 Technique (Identify 5 things you can see around you, 4 things you can touch around you, 3 things you can hear around you, 2 things you can smell around you, and 1 thing you can taste around you)
What is Suboxone?
A form of Medication-Assisted Treatment used to treat opioid dependence/addiction
Contains 2 medicines: buprenorphine (opioid agonist) and naloxone (opioid antagonist)
What are boundaries and what is an example of a healthy boundary?
Boundaries are limits and rules we set for ourselves in relationships. There are physical, intellectual, emotional, sexual, material, and time boundaries. Healthy boundaries involve a balance of knowing and expressing your limits while be open to intimacy and close relationships.
What are the 5 stages of change?
What are at least 2 areas of the brain that substance affects? (Identify the function or specific area of the brain)
Hippocampus, amygdala, prefrontal cortex
What are the 3 stages of relapse?
Emotional, Mental, and Physical Relapse
What is Step 10?
Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
What is the main difference between CBT and DBT?
CBT (Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy) involves identifying and adjusting unhealthy thinking patterns that cause negative emotions and behaviors. DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) is a TYPE OF CBT that involves CHANGING negative/unhelpful behaviors while ACCEPTING ourselves and our circumstances in the moment.
What is the difference between guilt and shame?
Guilt is a feeling of responsibility or remorse for some offense, wrong, etc., whether real or imagined. ("I did something bad")
Shame involves the perception of oneself as a failure; it involves feeling flawed, unworthy, or not good enough. Shame can arise without us doing something. ("I am bad")