types of addiction
An eagerness to purchase unnecessary things and a lack of impulse control when it comes to buying.
shopping addiction
Loss of visual, auditory, and taste perception.
altered senses
Advice or guidance, especially as solicited from a knowledgeable person.
counseling
It takes 21 days to recover from an addiction.
false, everyone's recovery process is different.
A disorder involving compulsive overuse of the mobile devices, usually quantified as the number of times users access their devices and/or the total amount of time they are online over a specified period.
cell phone addiction
Increased heart rate and blood pressure.
heart attack
A group of people in which an addict meets frequently in a therapeutic session who shares similar issues.
support group
Addiction causes permanent damage to the brain.
true, your brain receptors become overwhelmed.
The excessive use of a stimulant that works to improve alertness, wakefulness, and mood.
caffeine addiction
Needing more of the stimulant to experience the same effect.
tolerance
A method of investigation of the mind and the way one thinks.
psychoanalytic approach
Alcohol is the most abused substance.
true, over half of all American families can trace some history of alcohol abuse.
A disease that affects a person's brain and behavior and leads to an inability to control the use of legal or illegal substances
drug addiction
An increased sense of excessive worrying that can cause you to sweat, feel restless and have a rapid heartbeat.
anxiety
A form of treatment when a patient lives in a recovery facility.
rehab
Genes don't play a part in addiction.
false, the general consensus is that genetics are roughly 50% responsible for addiction to environmental factors.
A powerful, addictive, central nervous system depressant produced by fermentation of yeast.
alcohol addiction
A feeling of well being, especially one that is groundless, disproportionate to its' cause or inappropriate towards life's situations.
euphoria
A virtual resource for mutual support meetings to anyone seeking science based, self-empowered addiction recovery.
online recovery program
Americans consume 80% of all prescription pills globally.
true, the staggering statistic is in large part due to the way doctors continue to prescribe opioids for treating chronic or acute pain.