What makes an addiction?
Physically addictive substances used daily can bring these uncomfortable physical symptoms.
What is withdrawal?
The oldest known intoxicating substance used specifically for recreational purposes, even dating back to biblical times.
What is alcohol?
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.
What are decisions/choices?
We experience these in our mind, heart and gut and it is important to learn how to manage our reaction to them.
What are feelings/emotions?
This artist was referred to as the King of Pop, died due to complications from prescription drugs in 2009.
Who is Michael Jackson?
It takes more and more of a substance to get the same effect which often fuels the desire and need for using larger amounts.
What is tolerance?
Class of drugs used medicinally for thousands of years to relieve physical pain but nowadays often abused to relieve emotional pain.
What are opiates/opioid?
This describes overall the way we present and express ourselves. If we have a negative one we should want to change it to grateful and positive.
What is attitude?
It is important to learn to manage this uncomfortable mental experience that can occur when we worry or stress over things.
What is anxiety?
This iconic musician is one of the top earning dead celebrities today, still earning over $50 million/year for his music despite dying from complications of prescription drug addiction back in 1977.
Who is Elvis Presley?
Failure to recognize the truth about a problem, particularly an addiction, is often referred to as this.
What is denial?
Even though life may be spiraling out of control with dependency clearly increasing, some people may believe that they are not addicted just because they may be obtaining drugs this legal medical way.
What is a prescription?
This categorizes and includes all that is most important in your life, what you care about the most, and what has the most worth to you.
What are values?
This disorder is a combination of a manic phase (a sudden onset of exhilaration and excessive good mood), and a depressive phase (feelings of worthlessness, hopelessness, and prolonged sadness).
What is bipolar disorder?
This world famous movie star shocked the world in 1962 from a barbiturate overdose which some say was accidental, some say was suicide, and others say was murder.
Who is Marilyn Monroe?
Every bad choice we make can mean we have to face these later. Addiction can cause people to foolishly ignore these repeatedly.
What are consequences?
The vast majority of people who use this legal plant use it as often as 10 or 20 times a day despite negative consequences.
What is tobacco?
You can 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?
It is essential to learn to eliminate this negative emotion which stems from holding on to anger and grudges.
What is resentment?
This female musical artist died at her home in the UK from alcohol poisoning in 2011. She was 27 years old and reportedly had a BAC of 0.416%.
Who is Amy Winehouse?
When you spend too much, use too much or too often and life problems are steadily piling up, it is a good sign you have lost this.
What is control?
Stimulants such as cocaine, speed and meth, when taken for long periods can induce a mental state of hallucinations and extreme paranoid delusions called...
What is psychosis?
A communication skill regularly referred to in skills training. Being this means being able to stand up for your own or other people's rights in a calm way, without being aggressive.
What is assertivenes?
Sometimes addiction can be directly linked to deeply disturbing or distressing experiences that occurred earlier in life all of which is referred to as:
What is trauma/PTSD?
This male musical artist died in 1971 at the age of 27. No autopsy was performed, but it is presumed that his lifelong alcohol dependency was a leading factor in his death.
Who is Jim Morrison?