Addiction (General)
A chronic lifelong condition that involves compulsive seeking and taking or performing of an activity despite negative or harmful consequences
What is addiction?
A chronic (lifelong) disorder characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use despite adverse consequences
What is drug addiction (substance use disorder)?
A chronic condition characterized by an inability to control or stop drinking despite the negative consequences it poses to health, relationships, and daily life.
What is alcohol addiction?
What word describes a tendency to develop addiction that can run in families?
Genetics
What is stigma?
Negative attitudes or judgments about a person or group.
What are examples of substance addictions?
Alcohol, Caffeine, Tobacco, Prescription and Non-Prescription Drugs
Emergency medication used to treat Opioid overdoses
What is Narcan?
What are treatment and resource options for alcohol addiction?
Detox and withdrawal, treatment plas, medications recommended by your doctor, and continuing support (AA and Peer Support Groups)
This mental health condition is commonly linked to substance use and may lead people to use drugs or alcohol to cope.
Anxiety and/or Depression
True or False: Stigma can make people less likely to ask for help.
True
What are examples of non-substance addictions?
Using the internet, exercising, shopping, and eating
Physical and mental symptoms experienced after stopping or reducing amount of drug use
What is withdrawal?
What is the long-term effect of alcohol use on the liver?
Fatty Liver --> Hepatitis --> Cirrhosis
What is the term for people, places, or situations that increase the urge to use substances?
Triggers
Which statement shows stigma?
A) "People can recover."
B) "People with addiction are bad people."
C) "Recovery takes work."
B
What are the two main groups of addiction?
Substance and Non-Substance addictions
What are symptoms of substance use disorder?
Feeling that you have to use the drug regularly, needing more of the drug to get the same effect, not meeting responsibilities or things you enjoy doing because of drug use, continuing to use the drug even though you know it's causing you problems
Withdrawal that is medically managed in an inpatient center or a hospital
What is detox?
True or False: Addiction is caused by only one thing.
False
What is a respectful alternative to calling someone an "addict"?
Person with a substance use disorder (or person in recovery).
What are risk factors for addiction?
Genetics, history of trauma, starting at an early age, environment, mental health problems, and social and cultural factors
When should you seek emergency help (911) if you or someone you know has taken a drug?
Suspected overdose, changes in consciousness, trouble breathing, uncontrollable seizures or convulsions, chest pain or pressure
A deficiency associated with Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome (alcohol interferes with the absorption of Thiamine and reduces appetite)
What is Vitamin B1 deficiency?
Name three factors that can contribute to addiction.
How can stigma negatively affect someone's recovery?