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The Brain and Addiction
Relapse Prevention
Consequences/Insight
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100

When someone stops using after heavy or prolonged use and experiences symptoms like sweating, anxiety, or nausea, this is called:

What is withdrawal?

100

This word describes internal or external cues that increase risk of relapse.

What are triggers?

100

This term describes minimizing or justifying substance use despite evidence of harm.

What is denial?

100

Name one skill that can help you reduce cravings?

Exercise, journaling, meditation, calling support, prayer, breathing, etc.)

100

These programs are peer-support groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous.

What are 12-step programs?

200

This brain chemical is heavily involved in pleasure and reward and spikes with substance use.

What is dopamine?

200

The acronym HALT stands for Hungry, Angry, Lonely, and this.

What is tired?

200

Experiencing withdrawal symptoms like tremors, nausea, chills, and sweats when stopping a substance indicates this condition.

What is physical dependence?

200

This communication style involves expressing your needs clearly and respectfully.

What is assertiveness?

200

This recovery concept refers to taking responsibility for past behaviors and making amends.

What is accountability?

300

This phenomenon occurs when more of a substance is needed to achieve the same effect.

What is tolerance?

300

This stage of relapse happens before physical use and involves thoughts like “Maybe I can handle just one.”

What is mental relapse?

300

Examples of social consequences are

what are losing jobs, legal trouble, and damaged trust are examples of this type of consequence.

300

This grounding technique involves noticing 5 things you see, 4 you feel, 3 you hear, etc.

What is the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique?

300

Finish the sentence

One day at a time

400

This brain structure is associated with fight or flight and emotional triggers.

What is the amygdala?

400

This technique encourages someone to notice a craving without acting on it, allowing it to rise and fall like a wave.

What is urge surfing?

400

When individuals attribute things they don't like about themselves onto another person.  

What is Projection.

400

This DBT skill helps people get through uncomfortable feelings without making things worse.

What is distress tolerance?

400

This term refers to building a life that makes returning to substance use less appealing.




What is building a recovery lifestyle?

500

Chronic substance use decreases activity in this region of the brain responsible for executive functioning, impulse inhibition, risk evaluation, and long-term planning, contributing to compulsive use despite consequences.




What is the prefrontal cortex?

500

This CBT-based coping skill helps individuals identify, challenge, and replace distorted thoughts that increase relapse risk.

What is cognitive restructuring/reframing?

500

Name five criteria of a Substance Use Disorder

  1. Using more of a substance than intended or using it for longer than you’re meant to.
  2. Trying to cut down or stop using the substance but being unable to.
  3. Experiencing intense cravings or urges to use the substance.
  4. Needing more of the substance to get the desired effect — also called tolerance.
  5. Developing withdrawal symptoms when not using the substance.
  6. Spending more time getting and using drugs and recovering from substance use.
  7. Neglecting responsibilities at home, work or school because of substance use.
  8. Continuing to use even when it causes relationship problems.
  9. Giving up important or desirable social and recreational activities due to substance use.
  10. Using substances in risky settings that put you in danger.
  11. Continuing to use despite the substance causing problems to your physical and mental health.
500

Avoiding people and places, staying with yourself.

what is isolating

500

This psychological concept refers to believing you are capable of staying sober.

What is self-efficacy?