Definitions and Terms
Severe problems related to the compulsive and habitual use of mood-altering substances.
What is Addiction
Commonly used
legal stimulant
What is Caffeine or Nicotine.
Feelings that people have before or during drinking alcohol or using other drugs
What are Internal Triggers
Healthy family, and friends who encourage you throughout your recovery.
What is a support system
_____ the only thing you can control.
What is Yourself or your reaction
A psychological defense mechanism that protects people from seeing the harsh realities of their addiction
What is Denial
______ slows the heartrate.
What are Depressants
Related to the senses of sight, sound, taste and touch.
What are Sensory Triggers
____ ____-______ groups are powerful ways in which people can share their experiences with one another, learn from one another, and even help one another learn to live in balance.
Mutual self-help groups
The cycle starts with this.
What is the event?
A process in which the same amount of a drug begins to have less of an effect.
What is Tolerance
This speeds up the heart.
What are stimulants?
Can be triggered by internal and external conflict.
What is Stress
The word _____ means having positive expectations for the future.
Hope
This is something you cannot control.
What is everything else besides yourself or your reaction.
Naturally occurring chemicals in the brain that carry messages between special cells called Neurons.
What are Neurotransmitters
_______________ cause drowsiness and make it hard to concentrate and remember things.
What is an Opioid
Triggers automatically lead to drug thoughts, which lead to _______ __________, which then leads to relapse.
What are Drug Cravings
__________ means needing to use a substance even though bad things keep happening as a result.
Addiction
A tool that can help you explore ideas you might not otherwise think about.
What is Brainstorming
Something in the world that makes a demand on a person and requires a person to react in some way.
What is a Stressor
What are the three types of drugs that we discussed in class?
Depressant, Stimulant, Hallucinations
A powerful type of trigger that includes the behaviors that occur before, during and after drug use.
What are Rituals
The term _______-_________ means having the confidence to carry out a specific behavior or not carry out a specific behavior.
self-efficacy
Three simple words that are often considered the hardest to say due to fear of looking weak.
What is “I Need Help”