Daily Reflections
"Just for today: The measure of my maturity is the extent to which I take responsibility for the maintenance of my ___ ____. "
spiritual condition.
What are the three things the speaker said all humans needed to survive?
1. Food 2. Water 3. Dopamine
When problems occur, it is natural to want to know how the problem started and who started it. However, focusing on the blame stops children from finding
the solution to the problem
Though singer-songwriter J.J. Cale penned the song, Eric Clapton took it to mainstream and commercial success. While the track is no doubt about this drug, Clapton's take on the piece has always been as an anti-drug song.
"Cocaine"
is the feeling that people have when they have lost something important.
Grief
"When we recognize harm done to some of those people, we become willing to take responsibility for our actions by making ___. "
Amends to them
Amends, asking forgiveness, something like that
On a normal day, not in active addiction we know that we have around __ nanograms per decileter of dopamine.
50
"Well, here we go again.” "You always have this problem,” and “You just can’t get this straight, can you?”
are all examples of what roadblock to effective listening?
Overgeneralizations
__is a song performed by the late English singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse. The song, which is autobiographical, talks about Winehouse's refusal to attend an addiction center to treat her problems with alcohol addiction.
"Rehab"
Many people who experienced a painful loss early in life, such as the death of a parent or a close grandparent, use alcohol or other drugs to deal with the ___ pain
emotional
"Just for today: I will remember that all things begin with a ___."
Dream
A Drug like Methamphetamine increases your dopamine production to __ times as much as normal dopamine levels.
10
Even when they are angry or feel impatient, parents should let children say what is on their mind.Perhaps the most obvious roadblock to effective listening is simply not letting ____ ____.
Children speak
children talk, something like that
"I don't ever wanna feel
Like I did that day
Take me to the place I love
Take me all the way"
Red Hot Chilli Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis has admitted that this song describes one of his darkest points during his addiction. Kiedis is reported to be clean today.
Under the Bridge
Name a factor that influence addiction onset from video last week
Age of first use, genetics, environment,
"All things begin with a dream. But how many of us fulfilled our dreams while __?"
using
will take in active addiction
The speaker talked about giving an MRI in a craving experiment to subjects after not giving them water for 3 days and not giving them food for 5 days, then to an addict for up to 5 years after recovery. What did the MRI show?
Size of a baseball field for addict.
Baseball for water, basketball for food.
When problems occur, it is natural to want to know how the problem started and who started it. However, focusing on the ___ stops children from finding a solution to the problem.
Blame
Despite a history of using club drugs like ecstasy and methamphetamine, and suffering an overdose in her younger years, Pink remains clean and wildly successful today.In this hit song, artist P!nk describes the benefits of recovery. She suggests that sobriety makes her feel safe.
Sober
Parental control, programs to help treat addiction, limiting availability, and increasing attachment to your community are all examples of ___ ____.
Protective factors
To fulfill our dreams we must take action, but our lack of _____ may keep us from trying.
Self-confidence
Explain dopamine depletion in addiction and what happens in recovery.
Beginning addiction dopamine is heightnened to extreme levels (high hundreds or 1,000s), then dopamine production cannot keep up and begins to fall, eventually to a point much below normal daily function. Takes about two years (depending on DOC) for dopamine production to restore in recovery.
Parents who do not let their children ___ with them are not allowing the children to learn how to think independently.
Disagree
This Neil Young song is a first-hand account of watching friends deal with their heroin addiction, particularly Crazy Horse band member Danny Whitten, who died of an overdose at age 29, months after the song's release.
"The Needle and the Damage Done"
DAILY DOUBLE !!!!!!!!!
Pre-Frontal Cortex