Addiction and the brain
________________ is the pleasure chemical in our brains that plays a major role in substance abuse and addiction
What is Dopamine
Three indispensable spiritual principles in the 12 step fellowship are? (hint, think of H.O.W.)
What are honesty, open-mindedness, and willingness?
Depression, anxiety, anhedonia, fatigue and sleeplessness are all part of ______ which can last for up to 2 years.
What is Post Acute Withdraw Syndrome or PAWS?
Pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance
What are the stages of change
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Symptoms that can last up to 2 years include:
What is Post-Acute-Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS)?
This 12 step fellowship was started in the Annapolis area in the late 1970's.
What is CDA or Chemically Dependent AnonymousWhere and when Narcotics Anonymous started
Detoxing from these 2 classes of drugs can be fatal
What is alcohol and Benzodiazipines
What are two big triggers for you?
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Things that keep you grounded in your recovery and keep you from "drifting"
What are mooring lines?
Drugs and addictive behavior work in this part of the brain
What is the midbrain?
Share your experiences with outside support groups
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Share a fear you have of getting and staying sober (other then relapse)
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SAMHSA defines it as this process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live self-directed lives, and strive to reach their full potential.
What is recovery
"A down payment on resentments"
What are expectations
Medication assisted treatment
Behavioral therapy
Meditation
Exercise
Probiotics
What are ways to increase Dopamine in the brain?
The Alcoholics Anonymous program defines addiction as having three distinct parts:
1. The allergy of the body
2.?
3. ?
What is: the allergy of the body, the obsession of the mind, and the malady of the spirit?
Clinical term for addiction
What is substance use disorder
The inability to feel pleasure from normally pleasurable things
What is anhedonia?
A strength you bring to recovery
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The big book calls it the manifestation of an allergy. Some describe it as the compulsion to continue drink or use.
What is the "phenomenon of craving"?
July 1953 in Southern California
Where and when Narcotics Anonymous started
Based on the differences between the identical and non-identical twins, studies show ____ percent of addiction is due to genetic factors.
What is 50-60%
In order to begin rewiring the brain's neural pathways it is suggested that the minimum length of treatment is_____
What is 90 days?
focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique.
What is mindfulness