Triggers
Recognizing and understanding personal triggers helps individuals take proactive steps to avoid _____.
Relapse
a practice of regularly recording thoughts, feelings, experiences, and reflections.
Journaling
is a potent synthetic opioid pain reliever that is estimated to be 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine.
Fentanyl
He is known for his struggles with alcohol, cocaine, and heroin addiction.
Robert Downey Jr
Triggers are general divided into two categories _____ and _______.
Internal and External
statements that reinforce positive thoughts about oneself.
Positive affirmations
is a stimulant drug that speeds up your body’s central nervous system. It boosts dopamine, which is a brain chemical that plays a part in movement and motivation.
Meth
She used drugs in her early twenties, all the way until the 1980s when she started her talk show
Oprah
Outside events or circumstances that can lead to cravings or high risk behavior.
External triggers
Promotes relaxation and mental clarity.
Meditation
is a psychoactive substance that can affect perception, mood, and coordination.
Marijuana
He has been open about his addiction back in the 1980s. He went to a drug rehab facility and has been sober ever since. He plays nick fury in avengers.
Samuel L. Jackson
emotional or mental states that arise within.
Internal triggers
an activity done regularly in one's leisure time for pleasure.
Hobbies (ie. basketball, painting, etc)
Is both prescription and illicit, can cause euphoria and pain relief, but their long-term use can lead to tolerance, dependence, and withdrawal symptoms.
Opioids
struggled with drugs and alcohol after the death of her brother in 1992, when she turned to using substances to cope. In 2002, she was arrested for possession, and she made the choice to get her life together.
Queen Latifah
Triggers are people, places, situations, thoughts, or _______ that create the urge to use substances.
Emotions
intentionally engaging the diaphragm to expand the lungs and increase lung capacity. This helps to reduce stress and anxiety by calming the nervous system.
Deep breathing exercises
is a highly addictive and dangerous stimulant drug derived from the leaves of the coca plant.
Cocaine
she struggled with drug and alcohol use for 10 years. Later, after talking to a fellow singer and friend, Etta James, the Queen of Funk-Soul made the change to quit alcohol and drugs and has been sober since.
Chaka Khan