Potpourri
A chronic, relapsing disease with prolonged effects on the brain.
What is Addiction?
What is True
Considered to be the "Gateway Drug"
What is Marijuana?
People, places, and things are all examples of what?
What are Triggers?
"If I'm not perfect, I have failed."
What is all or nothing thinking? (AKA: Black and white thinking)
Psychotherapy, Medications, Mindfulness, and Counseling.
What are Treatment Interventions?
Escalating drug dose needed, withdrawal symptoms appear if abruptly stopped.
What is Physical Dependence
Your body requires larger amounts of a drug to get the same effect.
What is Tolerance?
Name the stages of relapse in order.
Emotional, mental, physical
Only paying attention to certain types of evidence.
What is Mental Filter?
Compulsive drug-seeking behavior despite negative health and social consequences.
What is Psychological Dependency?
Name of an illicit drug derived from morphine.
What is Heroin
The occurrence of mental and physical problems when someone who is addicted stoops using a drug.
What is Withdrawal?
Trusted individuals that you can go to for support and reflection.
What is a Sober Support Network?
Discounting the good things that have happened or that you have done for some reason or another. "That doesn't count."
What is Disqualifying the Positive?
(T/F): People with addiction can be cured.
What is FALSE? There is ALWAYS the potential for relapse, especially when stress overload is high.
Greek word for 'stupor'.
What is Narcotic
When drugs become a central part of a person's life, causing depression if not used.
What is Dependence?
Meetings you can go to for support outside of treatment.
What are AA/NA Meetings?
Assuming that because we feel a certain way what we think must be true. "I feel embarrassed so I must be an idiot."
What is Emotional Reasoning?
Take drug, feel euphoric, take more drug, feel more euphoria, take more drug... etc...
What is the Positive Reward Feedback Loop?
Drug with the highest overdose death rate.
What is Fentanyl
A major symptom when entering withdrawal.
Making a list of warning signs, social supports, and coping skills to avoid relapse.
What is a Relapse Prevention Plan?
Blowing things out of proportion.
What is magnification? (Will also accept catastrophising)