Science & Addiction
Addiction, regardless of the substance, changes the way this organ functions over time
What is the brain?
The acronym H.A.L.T. stands for...
What is Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired?
Being intentional about taking time to focus on your physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual wellbeing
What is self-care?
This term refers to the ability to identify, express, and communicate our emotions and the emotions of others
What is emotional literacy?
This well-known celebrity talks openly about the ways in which addiction hinders your potential, and talks about learning to have fun in recovery. (Hint: he also talks about the impact of addiction on his family and his girl)
Who is Macklemore?
Commonly associated with pleasure and reinforcement, this neurotransmitter is linked to the brain's reward system and is negatively impacted by addiction
What is dopamine?
This deep breathing technique helps slow down our heartrate and breathing, allowing us to feel calmer and relieve stress. Also known as square breathing, this technique is known as _________
What is box breathing?
The three stages of relapse are...
What is emotional, mental, and physical?
In order to have healthy relationships, we must identify emotional, physical, financial, or time limits to protect our wellbeing. These are known as __________
What are boundaries?
This chakra controls our ability to communicate, speak our truth, and self-expression
What is the throat chakra?
Emotional, physical, behavioral, or cognitive symptoms that may arise during sobriety which can be attributed to the brain and nervous system healing from the damage caused by substance abuse
What is post-acute withdrawal syndrome?
This is a technique where we strategically tense and relax muscle groups to aid in grounding
What is progressive muscle relaxation?
In order to protect sobriety, we may have to evaluate and change these three aspects of our life
What is people, places, and things?
Created by Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham, this tool is designed to help people gain more self-awareness and better understand their relationship with themselves and with others
What is Johari's window?
This is one of the main nerves in our parasympathetic nervous system, and one of the longest nerves in the body. When we stimulate this nerve, it can aid in emotional regulation.
What is the vagus nerve?
This complex area of our brain is associated with impulse control, problem-solving, and decision-making and is negatively impacted by addiction
What is the prefrontal cortex?
This technique activates both hemispheres of the brain and helps to engage the prefontal cortex. (Hint: can be done with coloring, music, tapping, etc.)
What is bilateral stimulation?
This visualization technique involves you thinking about all the potential circumstances and feelings that would arise if you do give in to your desire to relapse
What is play the tape forward?
This communication model teaches us to lead with our most compassionate selves and gives us the opportunity to assertively express our feelings and needs
What is nonviolent communication?
In Johari's window, this quadrant describes something that other people notice about you that you don't
What is the blindspot/blind area?
Describe two ways that trauma changes the brain
What is highly sensitive amygdala, shrinks the hippocampus, shrinks the prefrontal cortex, and/or chronic nervous system dysregulation?
What is awareness of unhealthy patterns/coping behaviors?
The earlier you can interrupt the neural pathway that ends in using/drinking, the faster you will build the new neural pathway of sobriety and strengthen it. These connections are called ___________
What is dendritic spines/memory bumps?
"I am afraid my partner is going to leave me if I tell them my true feelings, so I try to anticipate and meet all their needs before they express them. " This attachment strategy is known as ____________
What is anxious attachment?
The concept of self-compassion includes these three components
What is kindness, common humanity, and mindfulness?