Addiction
Another name for sobriety
Abstinence
What are clues to know it's time to use a coping skill?
When you feel like you're losing control of emotions or behavior, when you feel triggered, when you feel anxious
Excessive use of this substance was responsible for 1 in 5 deaths among adults aged 20-49 years in 2019.
One ____ ____ ____ ____
One Day at a Time
What gets wet while drying?
A strong urge to continue using a substance
Craving
In....1....2...3...4...5...6...Hold...1...2...3...4...Out...1...2...3...4...5...6...
Deep breathing, Mindful breathing
Unpleasant symptoms and at times fatal consequences following cessation of addictive substances
Withdraw Symptoms
It works ____ ____ ____ ____
It works if you work it
What can you hold in your right hand, but never your left hand?
Your left hand
What is dopamine?
A neurotransmitter often associated with the pleasure and reward center of the brain and can be released in large amounts by drugs of use.
True or False: Every coping skill is healthy
False!
Unhealthy coping skills can be: using substances, spending money impulsively, isolation, avoiding problems
The fastest addicting drug
Nicotine
____ ____ perfection
Progress not perfection
What is the Harm Reduction approach?
To improve health and reduce adverse consequences of substance use such as overdose and infectious disease spread, while an individual continues to use a substance (ex: nicotine patch, fentanyl test strips)
Name 3 coping skills to use when experience triggers or cravings to use
Anything healthy and/or productive!
Name the 2 most commonly used substances in the US
Alcohol & Marijuana
Everyday is ___ ____ ____
Everyday is a fresh start
What belongs to you but everyone else uses it?
Your name
The first symptom that you may be developing a substance use addiction
Centering yourself, grounding yourself in the moment.
mindfulness / meditate
This substance is involved in more deaths of Americans under 50 than any cause of death, including heart disease, cancer, homicide, suicide and other accidents.
Fentanyl
Meeting ___ ___ it
Meeting makers make it
How do you make seven even?
Take off the S