Addiction
This is the process of giving up the use of a drug that the body is addicted to.
Withdrawl
What is an external trigger?
What is any person, place, or thing that can create a craving to use drugs?
As long as I have some Narcan nearby, I’ll be safe using fentanyl.
False.
________________ is the pleasure chemical in our brains that plays a major role in substance abuse and addiction
What is Dopamine
Refraining from further drug use.
Abstinence
When the body adjusts to a drug and needs more to produce the desired effects.
tolerance
What percentage of opiate abusers relapse at least one time?
What is 90%?
Mental relapse happens the minute you pick up that first drink or drug.
False! Mental relapse occurs long before use occurs
-Uncontrollable craving for the drug -Loss of control -Use despite negative consequences - chronic, biological brain disease -Psychological dependence -Physical dependence
What is addiction
___________ is the fastest addicting drug
What is nicotine
The effort to prove that our behaviors are valid or reasonable (examples include celebrations, boredom or "I've been clean long enough to do it just once."
Justification
What is an internal trigger?
What is a thought or a feeling that can create a craving to use drugs?
Drinking black coffee does not help a person sober up
True Black coffee has no influence on the rate at which the liver breaks down alcohol.
1) Lowered inhibitions 2) Decreased control over motor skills 3) Inability to concentrate and focus 4) Addiction 5) Heart attack; stroke 6) Liver failure; cirrhosis 7) Kidney disease 8) Blackouts
What are the consequences of alcoholism
Our brain learns by ________ and _________.
What is repetition and reward
There are two kinds of dependence... what are they
physical and psychological
SMART goals are goals that are...
What is Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time Oriented?
People who abuse drugs are weak-willed. They could control their craving for drugs if they tried.
People who abuse drugs can become addicted to them. Addiction is a complex condition of the brain and brain chemistry. It drives people to use drugs even when they know about the health or social problems that can happen. Although people have a choice about whether to use drugs when they first start, continuing to use them affects how the brain works. This leads to addictive behavior. Seeking drugs becomes compulsive. Addiction is often chronic. This means that even if an addicted person stops using drugs, he or she can relapse and begin using again. Drug treatment can help break this cycle.
What is the most dangerous type of drug to take with methadone/suboxone without a prescription?
What is Benzodiazepines?
A desire or dream you try to achieve in a certain amount of time, no matter the costs.
What are goals
Name one of the 5 stages of change
precontemplation
contemplation
preparation
action
maintenance
Physical symptoms experienced after detox that relate to the body healing from substance abuse.
What is Post Acute Withdrawal Symptoms (PAWS)?
A single time of repeated "sniffing" of an inhalant can cause heart failure and death.
True- This is called "sudden sniffing death." It can occur in otherwise healthy people. Inhalants are chemical vapors that when inhaled cause mind-altering effects. These inhalants are household products like spray paints, glues, and cleaning fluids. In high concentrations, inhalants can cause death by heart failure or by suffocation. The chance of suffocation is higher when a person inhales a chemical sprayed into a paper or plastic bag.
1. Addiction 2. Respiratory failure 3. Vomiting 4. Death 5. Drowsiness 6. Reduction of pain 7. Diarrhea 8. Very uncomfortable withdrawal
What are effects of pain killers/opiates
Some high-risk situations to avoid are to not let yourself get too hungry, angry, lonely or tired. What can help you remember these circumstances?
What is H.A.L.T