Consequences Of Addiction
What Is the most common consequence of addiction?
Incarceration
Name one coping skill
Thought stopping, talk to someone, distract yourself, meetings, etc..
This young rapper died due to an accidental fentanyl September 7th, 2018.
Mac Miller
A group for men and women who have a desire to stop using substances. Ex: NA, AA.. etc.
12-step programs or fellowships
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
Sweats, chills, muscle aches, insomnia, nausea are all side affects of this consequence to addiciton.
Withdrawls... they SUCK!
What is one way you build up your self-esteem..
Positive affirmations (say them daily), exercise, eat healthy...
This comedians death in December 1997 was caused by a "speedball" mix of cocaine and morphine. He was most known for his role in Saturday Night Live.
Chris Farley
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
The serenity prayer
What has many keys but cant open a single lock?
A piano
What are the 4 elements of addiction? (ALL START WITH THE LETTER C)
Compulsion, craving, consequences, and control
What is one benefit from using healthy coping skills
mental health, better self-esteem, better emotional management, healthier relationships
What are triggers?
People, places, or things that prompts involuntary recall of previous traumatic events
Which step asks you to make a searching and fearless moral inventory of your past?
It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do. What is it?
Your name
With continued substance abuse the brain will stop producing this brain chemical that enables pleasure
Dopamine
What are one of the 5 R's of coping?
Rethink, Relax, Release, Reduce, and Reorganize
Name one of the five most common causes of relapse
Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all is apart of which step?
Step 8
What has a head and tail but no body?
A coin
Name three areas of your life that have been affected most, as a result of addiction?
Family, Career, social life, etc.
what are boundaries
the limits and rules we set for ourselves within relationships.
In recovery it is said "You have to do it for ____ but not by ______."
Yourself but not by yourself
Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity is which step?
Step 2
What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Light