Co-Occurring Concerns
This is the term for when you have both a mental health illness and an addiction.
What is co-occurring disorder?
You develop this to help you from having a relapse and have a plan in place for when you have cravings and triggers to use or notice early warning signs of mental health relapse.
What is relapse prevention plan?
Bonus points - Name 3 important components of a relapse prevention plan.
Having a ________ puts one at higher risk for developing an addiction.
What is a mental health diagnosis?
This well-known spokesperson for such products as OxiClean and Orange Glo passed away in 2009 due to a cocaine-induced heart attack.
Who is Billy Mays?
This can occur for up to 1-2 years following abstinence, and poses a threat to relapse when it occurs.
What is PAWS (Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome)?
The term for what individuals with addiction do when they are using drugs or alcohol to cope with symptoms of physical or mental illness.
What is self-medicating?
The name for old patterns of using/abusing drugs, and cues that can cause urges and cravings.
What are triggers?
Bonus: What are some categories of triggers?
This chemical in the brain is most closely associated with the reinforcement of desirable activities, and thus is most strongly impacted by addiction.
What is dopamine?
This actor/comedian who lived in the bay area struggled with addiction and substance abuse. He committed suicide in 2014.
Who is Robin Williams?
Bonus: What movie do you think Molly remembered him from?
Medical detox is required to prevent death due to withdrawal from which 2 substances?
What are alcohol and benzodiazepines?
This is why it is important for people to stop using non-prescribed drugs and/or alcohol (or abusing prescription drugs) when they have a co-occurring disorder.
What is to allow people to experience their true emotions and learn how to cope more effectively?
A relapse is usually the end result of a whole chain of bad decisions. Some of these decisions may seem harmless at the time, or at least that’s what people tell themselves as they are making them. This is how they trick themselves and set themselves up for relapse -by making a series of bad choices that put them in one of their high-risk situations. One of the best ways to keep themselves from making these bad decisions is through knowing which _________ tell them that they are heading toward relapse. If they know what their _________ are, they can get extra help or make changes to prevent themselves from relapsing.
What are early warning signs?
This is the symptom which occurs when you lose interest in doing the things you used to enjoy, and is common in individuals with depression, anxiety, and those withdrawing from substances.
What is anhedonia?
This author, who wrote books such as Carrie and The Green Mile, struggled with alcohol and prescription drug addiction for years.
Who is Stephen King?
Increased anxiety and restlessness can be associated with withdrawal from which substances? (Name 1)
What are stimulants and benzodiazepines?
Coping skills can help with both __________ prevention and mental health symptoms.
What is relapse?
A mostly necessary item for daily living that is also one of the biggest triggers for some.
What is money?
Also - family, relationships, work, social supports
This activity has been scientifically shown to help rewire the brain, helping individuals to recover and cope more effectively with symptoms of depression, anxiety, trauma, and substance abuse.
What is meditation?
This actress, who is most well known for playing Princess Leia, has spoken out about having bipolar disorder and is in recovery from cocaine and prescription drug abuse.
Who is Carrie Fisher?
This is the name for the medications provided to individuals to help them more comfortably withdraw from addictive substances.
What are comfort meds (or PRN)?
Name 3 long term effects of alcohol abuse on health.
What is neurological problems, dementia, stroke, loss of nerve feeling, high blood pressure, hear attack or other cardiovascular problems, cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, liver, colon and breast, liver disease, hepatitis, cirrhosis, gastrointestinal problems, premature death?
You can go to one of these to be with others in recovery. This can help you to remember that you can get through this. Get other people’s names and numbers to call in case of future cravings and urges. Try to get a positive person to be a temporary sponsor, and eventually try to get a long-term sponsor. Develop a positive social network of people to spend time with that don’t use or commit crimes.
What are self-help or support groups?
Bonus: Name 3 self-help programs.
This is the last part of your brain to fully develop, and is most closely associated with executive functioning.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
BONUS: How old are you when this part of your brain is generally fully developed?
BONUS 2: What are 3 examples of executive functioning skills?
Name the celebrity who has been in recovery since the 1980's, who is Eminem's AA sponsor and supported him in getting into treatment.
Who is Elton John?
Name 5 potential symptoms of withdrawal/PAWS.
What are: drug dreams, fatigue, delirium tremens, restlessness, agitation, irritability, restless legs, insomnia, anxiety, depression, poor appetite, body aches and bone pain, teeth pain, constipation, diarrhea, nausea, racing thoughts, runny nose, cold/flu symptoms, chills, sweating, seizures?