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What is the term for women who cannot reproduce or have children due to substance use.
Infertility
The number one cause of relapse is...
What is stress.
Girls start using this substance at an earlier age than boys.
Alcohol
If you have an emotional problem and an addiction, the best advice is to work on...
Both at the same time.
Most people get help for their emotional problems.
What is false.
Treating women effectively can have a positive impact on whom?
Their children.
Harm reduction means...
decreased use
For women, binge drinking means how many drinks consumed at a time?
4 drinks at a time
Give an example of a self-soothing activity that promotes recovery?
play with pets/children, reading, walking, listen to music, watch a movie, etc.
If you have an addiction, your children are more likely to develop an addiction.
What is true.
(addiction is a disease with a genetic predisposition for transmission within the family)
Who is more likely to have more insight and awareness into their addictions, women or men?
Women
The best definition of addiction is...
Continued use despite harm
Which women have the highest rate of addiction?
White women
The term, "rethinking" means:
(a) positive thinking
(b) balanced thinking
(b) balanced thinking
Lesbians have higher rates of addiction than straight women.
What is true.
(due to bar culture and homophobia, the rates of addiction are higher in the LGBTQ+ community)
Women are the fastest growing group to contract this disease due to IV drug use.
HIV
The single best treatment for addiction is...
There is no single best treatment. If differs from person to person.
Women are most likely to ____ from addiction.
Die
What is the term of the "small, quiet voice" that tells you what you know is right?
Conscience
People who attend addiction treatment voluntarily do better than those who are mandated or forced into treatment.
What is false.
Name an addiction that is more common in women than men?
medication misuse (pills), eating disorders, self-harm, shopping, social media, plastic surgery, etc.
Controlled drinking is not safe for...
People with a history of alcohol dependence.
Most women (between 55% to 99%) suffer from this biopsychosocial condition.
Trauma
Does the "Women's Addiction Workbook" advises women in recovery to pace themselves?
True.
(it is the main message of the book)
Successful mourning after a loss takes at least six months.
What is false.
(you may find it brief or you may need a lot of time)