What is Addiction
How is addiction defined from a more compassionate view point?
A chronic relapsing condition
What is tolerance, and what happens?
When a person no longer responds to a drug in the way they first did. It requires a higher dose to achieve the effect of the drug.
Since COVID-19 women have been less sensitive and more stressed, leading to reliance on alcohol during the pandemic. True or False - must explain correct answer
False - more sensitive and stressed
Who was Dr. Silkworth and what was his role in the Bill W movie, and what did he hypothesize?
physician, interested in alcoholics, and compared alcoholism to medical disease
There is no longer a difference between abuse and...?
dependence
What happens when you withdrawal from drugs? Must name 5 symptoms
What is a blackout according to your class book?
The total inability to recall events that occurred while the person was drunk.
How did Bill W justify his drinking? What did it do for him and what did he say?
gave him courage to do things, ability to dream, but that he never measured up and full of fear.
The term drug dependence is reserve for _________ _________ on a drug.
physiological dependence
Drugs interfere with the way neurons _____, ______, and process signal.
The ______ and ______ together make up the central nervous system (CNS)
What are the stages of change? Must name all 6 stages
precontemplation
contemplation
preparation
action
maintenance
relapse
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual criteria for substance abuse requires at least 2 of the following occurring in a 12-month period?
Impaired Control
Social Impairment
Risky Use
The prefrontal cortex does what? You must name all 5
Think, plan, solve problems, make decisions, and self-control over impulses
What are 2 FDA approved medications for alcohol use disorder patients?
Antabuse
Naltrexone
What are behavioral addictions? Name 5 of them
Eating, gambling, spending/shopping, sexual activity, social media
The process of recovery themes are?
hint - searching for
Finding meaning and purpose
Empowerment
Hope
Drugs _______ the brains own chemicals, and they lead to sending abnormal messages.
Mimic
What are the effects of alcohol on motor activity? name 3.
Slurred speech, being clumsy, memory loss, poor coordination
What are 3 common psychological traits in addiction?
depression, low self esteem, risk taking, anxiety, stress