What Makes an
Addiction?
Addiction?
The process by which the body rids itself of physically addictive substances can bring these uncomfortable physical symptoms
What is Withdrawal?
These drugs slow both heart rate and respiration, which can be fatal when mixed with alcohol.
What are Sedatives, Hypnotics, and Anxiolytics as well as opiates? (Heroin, oxycontin, percocet, morphine, Xanax, Librium, Valium, Benadryl, Ambien) (Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse)
We make dozens if not hundreds of these a day with our mind and one of the best ways to improve our lives is to practice making good ones:
Decisions/Choices
An uncomfortable mental experience that can occur when we worry or stress over things, generally without intending to do so
What is Anxiety?
This is the month of National Recovery Month
What is September?
This increases as you continue to use/drink, requiring you to need more of your substance to feel the same high which often fuels the desire and need for using larger amounts
What is Tolerance?
When taken for long periods, these substances can induce a mental state of hallucinations and extreme paranoid delusions.
What are Stimulants? (cocaine, speed, methamphetamine)
This describes overall the way we present and express ourselves. If we have a negative one we may want to change to a grateful and positive ______.
What is Attitude?
It is essential to learn to eliminate recognize/ understand this negative emotion which stems from holding on to anger and grudges
What is Resentment?
Who started Alcoholics Anonymous in 1935?
Bill W and Dr. Bob
People, places or things that cause people to have thoughts/urges associated with substance abuse. Can be internal and external.
What are triggers?
The oldest evidence of this substance being consumed by humans comes from residues in pottery jars found in northern China that date from 7000 to 6600 B.C.
What is Alcohol?
This categorizes and includes all that is most important in your life and, what you care about the most, and what has the most worth to you
What are Values?
Anger, humor, diversion, blaming, excuse making, denial, compromising are example of this.
What are defenses/defense mechanisms?
The first break in the treatment of opioid addiction came with the approval of this in 1974. This was at first seen as a controversial measure.
What is Methadone?
You will have ups and downs along the way, but what matters most is that you keep moving forward. If that is true then you are steadily making this
What is Progress?
What is Ketamine?
Every bad choice we make can mean we have to face these later.
What are Consequences ?
The quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness
What is gratitude?
In 1960, E.M. Jellinek promotes alcoholism as a ____ published The _____ Concept of Alcoholism.
What is a disease?
A study published by the CDC and the National Institute on Drug Abuse in 2020 found ___ people who experience addiction eventually recover.
__ out of __; __%
What is 3 out of 4; or What is 75%?
This lesser-known substance is associated with spikes in fatal overdose & has opiate-like symptoms, but is extremely dangerous because it cannot be counteracted with Naloxone/Narcan and its users are most often unaware that they are taking it.
What is a synthetic opioid (ex. isotonitazine)?
This involves all the people, places and things that you surround yourself with and that you are connected to
What are Associations?
-also; Supports, Network, Environment, Community
Sometimes addiction can be directly linked to deeply disturbing or distressing experiences that occurred earlier in life, which are referred to as: _____
What are Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)?
-also; what is Trauma/ what is PTSD?
This facility opened in 1864 under the direction of Dr. Joseph Edward Turner. It was the first medically monitored addiction treatment center in the U.S. and is considered the first alcohol rehab center.
What is the New York State Inebriate Asylum?