General Addiction
T/F is addiction also a coping mechanism?
True. At the core of addiction there are usually emotions a person is trying to avoid. As a result, they use it as a coping mechanism.
Considered to be the "Gateway Drug
What is Marijuana
A powerful, addictive, central nervous system depressant produced by fermentation of yeast.
What is Alcohol?
What percentage of individuals who struggle with alcohol addiction are also affected by another mental health disorder?
37-50 percent
These three things are important to change when in recovery?
What are People, Places, and Things?
As of 2021, approximately how many people in the United States have struggled with a substance use disorder?
20 million
The occurrence of mental and physical problems when someone who is addicted stop using a drug.
What is Withdrawal
Needing to drink more to experience the same effect.
What is tolerance?
T or F: Alcohol only affects certain parts of the body, such as the brain and liver.
False. Affects all parts of the body. it is carried through the bloodstream to the brain, stomach, internal organs, liver, kidneys, muscles--everywhere. It is absorbed very quickly (as short as 5-10 minutes) and can stay in the body for several hours.
This rapper got sober on 4/20/2008 with the help of Elton John
Who is Eminem?
When can a person relapse?
Anytime in their lives. Recovery is a lifelong process.
Your body requires larger amounts of a drug to get the same effect.
What is Tolerance
An event that seeks to increase an alcoholic's desire to quit by confronting them.
What is an Intervention?
Every year, about 1 in 10 people in the U.S. suffer from a substance use disorder, but only about __ in __ of them receive treatment.
1 in 5
**Daily Double**
Each group member at least one thing they have learned in their program and/or individual therapy
Each person share at least one experience
What are the 4 types of treatment for addiction?
Individual Therapy, Group Therapy, Support Groups, and Medication.
When drugs become a central part of a person's life, causing depression if not used.
What is Dependence
Occurs when alcohol concentration in the blood reaches near-critical levels.
What is Alcohol poisoning?
What are factors that can contribute to a person having a higher risk of developing addiction?
Whether or not that an initial use is more likely to lead to addiction is often a matter of individual circumstances.
Examples: family history(genetics), abuse/trauma, chaotic environment, peer pressure, type of drug, use at a young age, mental health
What are examples of non-substance addictions?
Using the internet, exercising, shopping, and eating
Define addiction.
This is subjective. What is the compulsive use of drugs despite negative consequences.
A major symptom when a cocaine abuser enters withdrawal
What is Anxiety
What classification of drugs is alcohol?
Depressant
What are 3 symptoms of substance use disorder?
Using more of the substance than the person originally planned.
Being unable to stop using the substance.
Experiencing relationship problems because of substance use.
Spending large amounts of time seeking or using the substance, or recovering from use.
Reducing participation in favorite activities in favor of substance use.
Being unable to keep up with daily responsibilities due to substance use.
Craving the substance.
Continuing to use the substance despite negative health effects.
**Daily Double**
Each group member name a healthy coping mechanism they use or want to start using.
Read a Book, Writing/Drawing/Painting, Listening to Music, Spending Time with Friends/Family, Go for a Walk, Deep Breathing, Meditation, talking to someone you trust, Journaling. ETC