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Emotions
Recovery Vocab
Relapse Warning Signs
Fact or Fiction
100
Feeling or showing pleasure or contentment
What is happiness
100
Emotional or cognitive response, physical condition or social situation that might lead a person to seek out or use alcohol or drugs.
What is a trigger
100
The state of being in a place or situation that is separate from others.
What is isolation
100
Approximately 30 million people in the United States alone are addicted to drugs or alcohol.
Fact. Roughly one out of every 10 Americans over the age of 12 are chemically dependent on drugs or alcohol. Out of that number only 11 percent of those addicted receive treatment.
200
Feeling or showing sorrow; unhappy.
What is sadness
200
A powerful desire to use.
What is a craving
200
Excessive, self-absorbed unhappiness over one's own troubles.
What is self-pity
200
The average drug addict needs to come up with $50 per day to support his or her addiction .
Fiction. The number is 200$. If an addict resorts to stealing to get money for drugs, he or she will need to steal approximately $1,000 worth of property to raise $200.
300
An unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat.
What is fear
300
The recurrence or process toward recurrence of drug or alcohol use after a period of sobriety.
What is a relapse
300
An account or anecdote concerning one's personal experiences involving the glorification of drug use
What is a war story
300
One-quarter of all hospital admissions are related to alcoholism .
Fact. The total cost to society each year due to alcohol and/or drug addiction is estimated to be $250 billion per year.
400
Bitter indignation at having been treated unfairly.
What is resentment
400
The group of symptoms that occur upon the abrupt discontinuation or decrease in intake of mood altering substances after a dependency has been established
What is withdrawal
400
A feeling of smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements (i.e. I got this.)
What is complacency
400
10% of eighth graders admitted to smoking marijuana regularly.
False. It's actually 25%
500
Experiencing worry, unease, or nervousness, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.
What is anxiety
500
Being currently involved in substance use or the lifestyle and behaviors associated with substance use.
What is active use
500
Lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern.
What is indifference or apathy
500
70% of people who are abusing illegal substances are employed.
Fact. This creates major issues in the office, the increased costs to the employer in terms of absenteeism, decreased productivity and staff turnover.