Addiction
You can go to one of these to be with others in recovery. This can help you to remember that you can get through this. Get other people’s names and numbers to call in case of future cravings and urges.
What are support groups?
This actor/comedian who lived in the bay area struggled with addiction and substance abuse. He committed suicide in 2014.
Who is Robin Williams?
Behaviors 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?
Deep breathing, grounding, and calling a support person are all examples of these.
What are coping skills?
Anxiety, depression, and PTSD are examples of these co-occurring issues.
What are mental health disorders?
This type of addiction is when the BODY itself feels a direct need for a drug.
What is Physical Dependency?
DAILY DOUBLE
The singer songwriter of Piano Man struggled with alcohol abuse for years before entering rehab.
Who is Billy Joel?
feelings that cause your brain to crave substances; if you are unaware of them they could be a factor for relapse.
What are triggers?
The acronym “H.A.L.T.” helps identify emotional relapse warning signs.
What is Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired?
When you have both a Mental Health illness and addiction of any kind.
What is a co-occurring disorder or dual diagnosis?
This type of addiction is when the MIND sends the body a message that it needs more of a drug.
What is Psychological Dependency?
This author, who wrote books such as Carrie and The Green Mile struggled with alcohol and prescription drug addiction for years.
Who is Stephen King?
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?
DAILY DOUBLE
This word refers to a strong desire or urge to use.
What is craving?
This DBT skill encourages staying focused on the present moment.
What is mindfulness?
a powerful desire to use substances often perceived as "impulsive" and "uncontrollable"
What is a craving?
This Marvel actor has struggled with alcoholism over the years.
Who is Robert Downey Jr.?
Daily Double!
A neurotransmitter in the brain that is triggered by substances and causes a repeat in behaviors?
What is dopamine?
Early warning signs like isolating or skipping meetings are indicators of this stage before relapse.
What is emotional relapse?
Exercise, proper sleep, and nutrition help support this aspect of wellness.
What is self-care?
You may have gone backwards a little bit but did not completely relapse
What is a Slip/Lapse/Setback?
This music artist had a hit pop song come out a few years before her death called 'Rehab'
Who is Amy Winehouse
Negative, incorrect beliefs, stereotypes, and labels are another name for this
What is Stigma?
DAILY DOUBLE
Naming feelings and expressing them appropriately are part of this emotional process.
What is emotional regulation?