What Makes An Addiction?
Physically addictive substances used daily can bring these uncomfortable physical symptoms
Withdrawal
The first antidepressant pill in America contained this stimulant drug.
Methamphetamine
We make dozens if not hundreds of these a day in our minds, some have more impact on our lives than others.
Choices/Decisions
A strong addictive urge that can pull you in a way you may not want to go if you are not careful.
This iconic musician is still one of the top earning dead celebrities, still earning over $50 million a year for his music despite dying of complications from prescription drug addiction in 1977.
Elvis Presley
It takes more and more of a substance to have the same effect which fuels the desire and need for using larger amounts
Tolerance
Class of drugs used for thousands of years to relieve physical pain, commonly abused now to relieve emotional pain
Opiates/ Opiods
This describes overall the way we present and express ourselves. If we have a negative one we should want to change it to be grateful and positive.
Attitude
When something associated with your past or addiction causes an involuntary craving.
Trigger/ Stressor
This hilarious comedian took the TV and movie world by storm and experienced huge success in the 90's. His fame and life were cut short when he passed from a cocaine and morphine overdose in 1997.
Chris Farley
Failure to recognize the truth about a problem, particularly an addiction is referred to as this
Denial
This class of drugs can produce visual and auditory distortions and a sense of floating and detachment from the body. These drugs are used both recreationally and for anesthesia.
Dissociative drugs
This categorizes and includes all that is important in your life, what you care about the most and what has the most worth to you.
Values
Some people may try to deal with a substance use issue by attempting to use less or switching to a less harmful substance. If that is not working for you, you may consider trying this more basic option.
Abstinence
This legendary musician and songwriter ruled the charts in the 1980s and rose quickly to worldwide fame. He went out of the spotlight for some years before returning with a new album in 2015, but unfortunately died of an accidental fentanyl overdose in 2016.
Prince Rogers Nelson
Drug toxicity or when a substance overwhelms vital bodily function and is potentially lethal is commonly referred to as this
Overdose
Even though life may be spiraling out of control with dependency increasing, some people may believe they are not addicted because they obtain drugs this legal and medical way
Prescription
You can have ups and downs along the way, but what matters most is that you keep moving forward. If that is true than you are making this.
Progress
They say relapse doesn't happen out of nowhere, it's often a much more gradual what?
Process
This actor of stage and screen was considered one of the greatest actors of his generation and starred in films such as "The Hunger Games", "Boogie Nights", and "Patch Adams". He relapsed after 23 years in recovery and sadly died of a heroin overdose in 2014.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
An adverse experience that leaves a person with uncomfortable feelings and emotions. It is often referred to as "the switch that turns on addiction".
Trauma
What does MDMA stand for?
3,4- methylenedioxy-methamphetamine
"Recovery is an active change in our thoughts, actions and behaviors". To make this possible, we may want to avoid these...
People, places and things associated with using
The state of knowing I should get clean, but not being sure I want to get clean.
Ambivalence
This dynamic musician was a pioneer for many types of music we enjoy today, as well as how we record and hear live music. He played concerts in front of 80,000 people every night in a band that survived 30 years and many people have never heard of this "Rolling Stone's Top 100 Guitarists of All Time" ranked musician who struggled with addiction for over 20 years before passing away of heart failure while in rehab.
Jerry Garcia