The Disease of Addiction
This type of dependence means a person’s body has adapted to the presence of a substance.
What is physical dependence?
The immediate concern in physical treatment of addiction is helping a person through this stage.
What is withdrawal?
Treating addiction and a mental health disorder together is known as this.
What is dual diagnosis or co-occurring treatment?
Doing something for someone that they are capable of doing for themselves, which can prevent them from learning responsibility, is called this.
What is enabling?
When was Narcotics Anonymous founded?
What is 1953?
Addiction impacts these five areas of a person’s health: physical, mental, emotional, social, and _______.
What is spiritual health?
Withdrawal from alcohol or benzodiazepines can be life-threatening without this type of care.
What is medical supervision?
People in recovery must learn new ways to manage this, which they previously numbed with substances.
What are emotions?
The family member who emotionally withdraws and avoids confrontation to cope with the stress of addiction.
What is the lost child?
Treatment that allows a patient to live at home while attending scheduled sessions at a facility.
What is outpatient treatment?
This phrase describes doing the same thing over and over expecting different results.
What is insanity?
The cluster of ongoing withdrawal symptoms that continue after acute withdrawal is called this.
What is Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS)?
This term describes the tendency to use substances to cope with emotional pain or stress.
What is self-medicating?
This 12-step program helps families and friends of people struggling with alcohol use by providing support, education, and coping tools.
What is Al-Anon?
This medication for alcohol use disorder works by causing unpleasant side effects like nausea and vomiting when alcohol is consumed.
What is Antabuse?
Name 2 common barriers to treatment for people with addiction.
What are stigma, denial, lack of awareness, accessibility, co-occurring disorders, fear of withdrawal, money, cravings, shame, untreated mental health, or lack of support?
Name three symptoms of PAWS.
What are irritability, depression, and sleep disruption? (Also acceptable: anxiety, fatigue, mood swings, cloudy thinking, etc.)
Untreated emotional and mental health issues can lead to this outcome in recovery.
What is relapse?
The family member, often a child, who uses humor and antics to lighten the mood and distract from the problem.
What is the mascot?
A phrase often used in 12-step programs to remind individuals to focus on their actions and thoughts right now.
What is "One Day at a Time"?
Name two brain systems or circuits affected by addiction.
What are the reward, motivation, and memory circuits?
Long-term drug use stops the body’s production of these natural chemicals responsible for pain relief and pleasure.
What are endorphins?
What is the capital of South Dakota?
What is Pierre?
This family behavior involves downplaying the severity of a loved one's substance use to maintain a sense of peace.
What is minimizing?
Abstinence is not enough...the Twelve Steps also help you work on these personal flaws.
What are character defects?