Stages of Addiction
The first stage of addiction.
What is experimentation/occasional/recreational use?
Everything is viewed as either one extreme or the other.
What is all-or-nothing-thinking?
Usually happens right before the user hits...
What is rock bottom?
Stacy left rehab six months ago. She has been going to groups and attending meetings regularly. A guy from work asked her out and they went to dinner. The next morning at probation she gave a positive UA.
The biggest trigger for relapse.
What is stress?
The second phase of addiction (two characteristics)
mood swings, personality changes, more cravings, high-risk behavior, and hanging out with other users
You think you understand the situation and make snap decisions with little to no evidence.
What is jumping to conclusions?
Trying to protect an addict from facing the consequences of their drug-related problems
What is enabling?
James believes he can drink till he falls down, and that is when he knows to stop.
What is pre-contemplation?
Three things that are associated with triggers for relapse.
What are people, places, and things?
What is the third phase of addiction called
What is increasing dependency?
What is minimising?
People who become overly concerned with another's addiction problem and feel driven to fix or control it
What is codependency?
Eric completed his mandated program. As he was finishing the program he reported that his home was a trigger. So he decided to move into a group home
What is action?
These are the places and things that encourage the desire for drugs and alcohol.
What are patterns?
Two examples of characteristics of the total dependency stage of addiction
Needs drug to function normally, loses control in actions, loses interest in priorities, physically and emotionally exhausted, tolerance to drug, overdose may occur
Police have been called to John's house for the third time this week for a disturbance due to John yelling at his wife. John says he doesn't have an anger problem.
What is Denial?
Who usually participates in an intervention (name at least three).
What is friends, family, co workers, the addict
Grace is attending groups and actively participating in individual counseling. She is beginning to understand why she was recommended for counseling.
What is acceptance?
You are at a party and get triggered, what are three things that you should do after you recognize a trigger.
Call a friend/sponsor, leave the event, go to a meeting, have a safe ride, use coping skills, verbalize the trigger
If the problem goes un treated accidental or intended _________ may occur
What is overdose?
When you focus on reasons why you didn't do something that you were supposed to do.
What is justifying?
One successful way to make the user aware of their problem is to give them.
What are direct examples of their addiction/ an ultimatum?
Todd has almost 15 months of sobriety and is attending NA meetings 3 times a week while calling his sponsor daily and working a part-time job.
What is maintenance?
What is an internal trigger?
What is a thought or a feeling that can create a craving to use drugs?