FAST FACTS
RELAPSE PREVENTION
NEUROSCIENCE OF ADDICTION
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RANDOM
100

OCCURS WHEN THE PERSON NO LONGER RESPONDS TO A SUBSTANCE IN THE SAME WAY THAT PERSON INTIALLY RESPONDED

TOLERANCE

100

THE ASSOCIATIONS OF PEOPLE, PLACE AND THINGS WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING HIGH OR INTOXICATED

TRIGGERS

100

THE PLEASURE CHEMICAL IN THE HUMAN BRAIN THAT PLAYS A MAJOR ROLE IN SUBSTANCE USE AND ADDICTION

DOPAMINE
100

HALT IS AN ACRONYM FOR...

HUNGRY, ANGRY, LONELY, TIRED

100

THE PRACTICE OF BEING FULLY PRESENT IN THE MOMENT

MINDFULNESS

200

FOR THE BEST CHANCE OF STAYING SOBER, WHAT IS THE MINIMUM LENGTH OF TIME A PERSON SHOULD STAY IN TREATMENT?

90 DAYS

200

FEELING BAD ABOUT WHO WE ARE

SHAME

200

TWO AREAS OF THE BRAIN THAT ARE COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH ADDICTION

THE FRONTAL CORTEX AND THE MIDBRAIN

200

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!!

IN WHAT YEAR WAS THE FIRST BIG BOOK PRINTED?

1939

200

THE ABILITY TO BOUNCE BACK ESPECIALLY AFTER SOMETHING DIFFICULT

RESILIENCE

300

TRUE OR FALSE: ALCOHOL WARMS UP THE HUMAN BODY

FALSE! IT SLOWS DOWN THE HEART RATE AND DILATES BLOOD VESSELS, WHICH CAN MAKE YOU FEEL WARMER BUT INCREASES THE RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA

300

THE THREE STAGES OF RELAPSE

EMOTIONAL, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL

300

OUR BRAINS LEARN BY ____ AND ____

REWARD AND PUNISHMENT

300

OFTEN CITED AS THE ONLY STEP YOU HAVE TO DO PERFECTLY

STEP ONE

300

ABILITY TO EXPRESS POSITIVE AND NEGAIVE IDEAS AND FEELINGS IN AN OPEN, HONEST AND DIRECT WAY THAT DOES NOT VIOLATE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS 

ASSERTIVE COMMUNICATION

400

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!

THE AUTOMATIC PHYSIOLOCIAL REACTION TO AN EVENT THAT IS PERCEIVED AS STRESSFUL OR FRIGHTENING

THE FIGHT OR FLIGHT RESPONSE

400

A PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE TO A LACK OF DOPAMINE

CRAVING

400

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!

THE PROCESS IN WHICH THE BRAIN CHEMICALLY RESPONDS TO SOMETHING AFTER IT HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY PAIRED WITH SOMETHING ELSE THAT ELICITS A STRONG NUEROCHEMICAL RESPONSE

CLASSICAL CONDITIONING

400

THE THREE INDISPENSABLE PRINCIPLES IN THE TWELVE STEP FELLOWSHIP

HONESTY, OPEN-MINDEDNESS AND WILLINGNESS

400

SOMEONE WHO TENDS TO GET TOO INVOLVED WITH OTHERS HAS ____ BOUNDARIES

POROUS

500

THE AVERAGE AGE WHEN CHILDREN FIRST START EXPERIMENTING WITH DRUGS

13

500

DECISIONS THAT DO NOT SEEM RELATED TO YOUR DRUG OR ALCOHOL USE BUT END UP PUTTING YOU IN HIGH-RISK SITUATIONS

SEEMINGLY IRRELEVANT DECISIONS

500

THE NEUROTRANSMITTER THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR LAYING DOWN MEMORIES OF POSITIVE EXPERIENCES

GLUTAMATE

500

THE CITY WHERE DOCTOR BOB AND BILL W MET

ARKON, OHIO 

500

HAVING THE COURAGE TO SHOW OUR TRUE SELVES AND NOT HIDE YOUR EMOTIONS OR DESIRES FROM OTHERS

VULNERABILITY

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