Triggers
Blank: triggers are feelings that people have before or during substance use.
Internal
When you become aware of a trigger, you should BLANK whenever possible.
Avoid it
Addiction, sobriety, and relapse are all a BLANK meaning they are made up of small steps that happen over time.
Process
Darlene has been sober from alcohol for 3 months. One day she decides to go to her favorite restaurant during happy hour. She walks in, gets seated, and has the thought that one drink won't cause a relapse. The restaurant and happy hour are examples of what?
Triggers
BLANK: is a term used to describe severe problems related to the compulsive and habitual use of mood-altering substances
What is Addiction
Blank: triggers are the people places, and things associated with substance use.
External
What is an example of a technique used to stop thoughts?
Mental switch, snapping, or relaxation
The BLANK part of the brains controls thinking, evaluating, and planning.
Higher
Your friend has been sober for 6 months, and one day you realize he has become easily angered, has skipped his AA meetings multiple times over the past few weeks, and has started to isolate himself from his friends and family. These are all examples of what?
Warning signs
Blank: is the use of mood-altering drugs that interferes with or has negative effect on person's life.
What is a Substance Use Disorder?
Blank: triggers are related to the senses of sight, sound, taste, and touch.
Sensory
List two of the four steps from trigger to relapse.
Trigger, Thought, Craving, Use
The lower part of the brain controls BLANK such as anger, fear, or sadness.
Emotions/feelings
Sam has been sober for 1 year. He decides to go celebrate with a few sober friends at a local bowling alley. While he is walking in, he sees someone he used to smoke marijuana with. He decides to go talk to them, and he notices the smell of marijuana. What type of trigger is the smell of marijuana?
Sensory
BLANK: are typically the opposite of the effect produced by the drug.
What are Withdrawal Symptoms?
Some triggers can't be avoided; instead you will need to BLANK. (Example, you cannot avoid Friday nights, which is a trigger for opioid use, so you attend a NA meeting on Friday evenings.)
Interrupt them
If a trigger cannot be avoided, example payday, you can BLANK so these triggers have less power.
Change your routine
What strengthens recovery?
Open and honest communication
Sam smells the marijuana and has the thought that he could just use this one time. He has been stressed out at work and knows this one time can't hurt anything. His heart rate starts to increase. The increase in heart rate indicates Sam is experiencing BLANK.
A craving
Why do PCP and marijuana remain in the body longer than most drugs?
They are stored in fat cells.
Your normal routine after work is to eat dinner on the couch, drink whiskey, and watch a sporting event. You decide to quit drinking since it is causing you health issues. It may be difficult to not drink after work since eating dinner and watching a sporting event are BLANK with drinking alcohol.
Associated
What are the steps to dealing with triggers?
Identify, Avoid, Interrupt, and Talk
What happens to triggers as the severity of addiction increases?
They become more numerous and strong.
Sam remembers he has a hair tie on his wrist and he snaps it and mentally tells himself "no." He walks away and tells his friends he is having a thoughts to use and needs to go to call his therapist for support. The snapping allowed Sam to do what?
Switch his thinking
Neurotransmitters are naturally occurring chemicals in the brain that carry messages between special cells called neurons (which make up nerves). Which neurotransmitter is affected by ecstasy?
What is Serotonin?