Relapse Prevention
Feelings, people, or situations that cause your brain to crave substances; if you are unaware of them, they could lead to relapse.
What are triggers
What percentage of people over age 12 are addicted to alcohol or other drugs?
What is..
8%-10%
A slip from recovery where the person returns back to their old habits/behaviors.
What is relapse
Which Organ is directly affected by addiction?
What is the brain
A group for men and women who have a desire to stop using drugs or alcohol. Ex. NA, AA, CA….etc
What are the 12 step fellowships
Things we can do in the moment that help us get through stressful/difficult situations.
What are coping skills.
Uncontrollable craving for the drug -Loss of control -Use despite negative consequences - chronic, biological brain disease -Psychological dependence -Physical dependence
What is addiction
A behavioral syndrome characterized by the repeated, compulsive seeking or use of a substance despite consequences, and a need for an increased amount of the substance, as time goes on, to achieve the same effect.
What is addiction
Name two risk factors for addiction.
What are: Genetics, environment, development, family history of use, age, medical history, etc.
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the differen
What is the serenity prayer
We must do this as our brains learn by ___________ and __________.
What is repetition and reward
What happens with dopamine over time as drug use progresses?
What is drug use leads to smaller releases of dopamine.
The need to increase the dose over time to obtain the original effect. In other words, higher doses are needed to produce the same effect experienced initially.
What is tolerance
Things that decrease a person's chance of developing an addiction?
What are protective factors
Which step asks you to make a searching and fearless moral inventory of your pas
What is step FOUR
Emotional relapse, mental relapse, physical relapse.
What are the stages of relapse.
What type of addiction is it when the BODY itself feels a direct need for a drug?
What is physical dependence.
The process by which a poison or toxin are reduced by the body. Pertaining to addiction it is generally a medically supervised treatment for alcohol or drug addiction designed to purge the body of intoxicating or addictive substances.
What is detox
Name two protective factors.
Stable home, supportive school, supportive relationships, success in school, structure
Bonus (100 pts): What protective factors exist in your life that will be helpful in preventing relapse?
Live and let live, Keep it simple, One day at a time, Let go and let God are examples of wha
What are: the 12 step slogans
How can committing to too many things lead to relapse?
This can lead to...
Feeling overwhelmed and under pressure.
Increased stress
Unrealistic expectations of yourself
___________ is the fastest addicting dru
What is nicotine
What neurotransmitter in the brain is triggered with substances and causes a repeat in behaviors?
What is dopamine
True or false: the earlier in life a person tries drugs, the more likely the person is to develop an addiction.
What is true
Three indispensable spiritual principles in the 12 step fellowship are? (hint, think of H.O.W.)
What are honesty, open-mindedness, and willingness.