I did something bad
What is Guilt?
Manages daily needs, often enabling unhealthy behaviors to maintain a facade of normalcy.
What is the enabler or caregiver?
Motivation or Pleasure?
What is dopamine?
The second stage of withdrawal symptoms that happen after the body is done detoxing
What is Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS)?
Work, finances, housing and legal issues cause
What is stress?
I am bad
The high-achiever, often the oldest child, who is responsible, organized, and brings pride to the family.
What is the hero?
Mood stability and sleep
What is serotonin?
This syndrome refers to a temporary, intense, and euphoric phase of extreme optimism, happiness, and high energy often experienced in early addiction recovery
What is the Pink Cloud?
An emotional response to distressing events
Essential, self-defined limits regarding physical space, emotions, time, and intellectual property that foster safety, respect, and mental well-being in relationships.
What are boundaries?
The "problem child" who receives blame for family issues, acting as a distraction from deeper, unspoken problems.
What is the scapegoat?
Relaxation or calmness
What is GABA?
Common emotional PAWS symptoms
What is anxiety, depression, irritability or mood swings?
What is the disease model of addiction?
H.A.L.T
What is hungry, angry, lonely, tired?
Uses humor and charm to break tension and bring joy, often the youngest child.
What is the mascot?
Mood stability, sleep
What is serotonin?
Common physical PAWS symptoms
What is fatigue, low energy, or sleep disturbances?
Common triggers
Fully accepting reality as it is right now, without judgment or resistance
What is radical acceptance?
The quiet, overlooked member who avoids conflict by disappearing into the background.
What is the lost child?
Learning, craving memory
What is glutamate?
Reduced or inability to experience pleasure
Automatic, involuntary survival mechanisms triggered by the brain's amygdala when perceiving threat or extreme stress, activating the sympathetic nervous system
What is the fight, flight, freeze, fawn response?