Risk-taking
We are all born with a biological distance from a trigger point - whether that is for a physical condition like heart disease or a chemical addiction to a substance. Your ____ lead you closer or further from that trigger point.
What are choices?
"Choices"
This substance is powerfully addictive, easy to obtain, vaping makes it easier to use throughout the day, and all these factors lead to increasing your likelihood for developing an intense addiction.
What is nicotine?
"Nicotine"
Typically, people don't believe they've had "too much," or feel they are impaired by a substance, until these types of symptoms.
What are physical symptoms?
"Physical symptoms"; "Slurred speech, vomiting, coordination issues, etc."
This person has the power to make my choices.
What is myself?
"Myself"; "Me"
These are the things that I hold close and dear to me, and no one chooses to lose them.
What are values?
"Values"
What is bias, or internal bias?
"Bias"; "Internal bias"
This drug is the one that has the possibility to kill you, even as a healthy individual, if you have an addiction/dependency and suddenly go through withdrawals.
What is Alcohol?
"Alcohol"
Side note: prescribed Benzodiazepines from a doctor can do the same when abused/misused (taken more than prescribed).
There are two types of tolerance. One of these increases at a slower rate than the other one.
What are mental and physical tolerance?
"Mental & Physical"
The risks from our ____ we cannot change, the risks taken from our ____ we can change.
What are biology and choices?
"Biology (genetics) and choices (decisions)"
These types of people can develop alcohol or drug addiction.
What is, literally, anyone?
"Anyone"; "Everyone"; "Anybody"
These are at least two of the four personality traits that has the potential to lead to higher chances of risk-taking, and dependence on a substance.
What are sensation-seeking, impulsive, gregarious, or rebellious?
"Sensation-seeking, impulsive, gregarious (outgoing, extroverted), and rebellious"
Among men and women, if they have 9-16 drinks on any one day:
____ have 49x more risk for developing alcoholism.
____ have 102x more risk for developing alcoholism.
What are (in order) men and women?
(In order) "Men and women"
Your baseline tolerance is influence and determined by your ____.
What are genetics?
"Genetics"; "Inheritance from parents"; "Lineage/ethnicity"
These two influences inform how we make our choices, and are key parts of the "Choices" part of our [Biology + Choices = Outcomes] formula.
What are psychological and social influences?
"Psychological and social"
____ factors can influence my use of alcohol and drugs, as it feels normal to use in a group of friends that are also using.
What are social?
"Social"
According to the "0, 1, 2, 3" low-risk alcohol guidelines, what is the maximum amount of drinks I should have on any one day?
What is three?
"Three; 3"
Beliefs like "I can only dance well when I'm drunk/drinking" are examples of _____.
What is state-based dependence?
"State-based dependence"
These are some examples of factors that can affect your tolerance to a substance, and may require you to adjust your low-risk guidelines. At least two of these factors are ____ and _____.
What are less body fluid, drugs/medication, illness/tiredness, or an empty stomach?
"Less body fluid, drugs/medication, illness/tiredness, or an empty stomach"
Before hitting the red phase and falling into addiction/reaching your trigger point, you can always make _____ choices to return to the green phase.
What are low-risk choices?
"Low-risk choices"
Drugs, even cannabis, are habit-forming or addictive and can lead to a loss of ____ over your own choices.
What is control?
"Control"; "Independence"
The more ____ I get from drugs/alcohol and the less ____ I receive, the more likely I am to use it again.
What are positive and negative effects?
"Positive and negative effects"
This drug is 50x stronger than heroin, 100x stronger than morphine, often found mixed with other substances (shrooms, cannabis, meth, etc.) without people's knowledge, and the lethal dose (overdose) is only 2mg.
"Fentanyl"; "Fent"
The more my tolerance of a drug/alcohol builds, the less I feel the ____ of a drug, and may be tempted to take more. This further increases my tolerance.
What is effect?
"Effect"
____ is a method of checking in with yourself to see where you are at with your patterns of use.
What is self-reflection, or mindfulness?
"Self-reflection"; "Mindfulness"
To protect what I value and keep my goals in life ahead of me, it is best to make as many _____ choices as I can.
What are low-risk?
"Low-risk"; "Responsible"