1. AIM: SWBAT learn about addictions and addictive behavior Do Now: List some activities, substances, or objects that you think are addictive

2. Addictions and Addictive Behavior In addition to alcohol and drugs, the commonly recognized objects of addiction include: Food- Exercise Sex- Gambling Relationships- Using the Internet Spending Money Work

3. Addiction Addiction- Continued involvement with a substance or activity despite ongoing negative consequences. Addictive behaviors initially provide a sense of pleasure or stability that is beyond the addicts power to achieve in other ways.

4. Addiction Eventually, the addicted person needs to be involved in the activity to feel normal.  The euphoric feeling of successfully completing an achievement or experiencing joy is mimicked by the addictive substances through chemical reaction in our brain.

6. Addiction Physiological Dependence- The adaptive state that occurs with regular addictive behavior and results in withdrawal syndrome. Withdrawal- A series of temporary physical symptoms that occur when the addict abruptly stops the addictive behavior/chemical.

7. Addiction Relapse- The tendency to return to the addictive behavior after a period of abstinence. Psychological Dependence- Person posses a strong desire to continue engaging in a particular activity.

8. 12/16 Continue Addiction PowerPoint AIM: SWBAT learn about the Addictive Process Do Now: Are playing excessive amounts of video games and spending excessive amount of time on your cell phones addiction? What do you think? Why?

9. American Psychological Association Diagnosis of Addiction (Drug Traditional) 1. Use for the purpose of relieving withdrawal symptoms 2. Continued use of the substance despite knowledge of the harm it causes yourself or others (Ex. Work, relationships, social interactions) 3. Unsuccessful efforts to cut down or cease using the drug, including relapse 4. Tolerance- acquired reaction to a drug in which continued intake of the same dose has less of an effect. Drug users must increase the dose to achieve desired effect.

10. Habit versus Addiction Habit- a repeated behavior in which the repetition may be unconscious. Habits can be annoying but can be broken without too much discomfort simply by awareness of it’s presence. Addiction also involves repetition but by compulsion, and considerable discomfort is experienced if the behavior isn’t performed.

11. Habit versus Addiction Compulsion- Obsessive preoccupation with a behavior and an overwhelming need to perform it. An addiction is a habit that has gotten out of control and has negative health effects.

12. Signs of Addiction 1. Compulsion, which is characterized by; Obsession- Excessive preoccupation with an addictive object or behavior. 2. Loss of Control- Inability to predict reliably whether any isolated occurrence of the behavior will be healthy or damaging.

13. Signs of Addiction 3. Negative Consequences- Such as physical damage, legal trouble, financial problems, academic failure, and family dissolution, which do not occur with healthy involvement in any behavior. 4. Denial- Inability to perceive that the behavior is self- destructive.  These four components are present in all addictions whether chemical or behavioral.

14. Cycle of Psychological Addiction

15. The Addictive Process Starts with nurturing through avoidance, which is repeatedly seeking the illusion of relief to avoid unpleasant feelings or situations, a maladaptive way of taking care of emotional needs. Addict becomes increasingly dependent on addictive behavior.

16. The Addictive Process Deterioration in relationships, performance at work/school, and in personal life. Eventually, addicts don’t find the addictive behavior pleasurable but consider it preferable to the unhappy realities they are seeking to escape.

17. Risk Factors for Addiction Biological Factors Unusual early response to the substance or experience. ( ex. Easy development of tolerance to alcohol) Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and other learning disabilities. Biologically based mood disorders. (depression, bipolar disorder) Addiction among biological family members.

18. 12/17 AIM: SWBAT identify the factors of addiction Journal: When you hear about addiction, what comes to your mind first? Have you ever witnessed anyone with an addiction (in your life, on television, on the internet)? Do you personally know anyone that has an addiction or has struggled with one? Do you know any celebrities that have struggled with addiction?

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21. Risk Factors for Addiction Psychological Factors Low self-esteem External locus of control (looking outside oneself for solutions) Passivity Post-traumatic stress disorders (victims of abuse or other trauma)

22. Risk Factors for Addiction Environmental Factors Ready access to the substance or experience Abusive or neglectful home environment Peer norms Misperception of peer norms Membership in an alienated, oppressed, or marginalized group Life events, including chronic or acute stressors

23. A Model of Addiction Biopsychological model of addiction- Theory of the relationship between an addicts biological (genetic) nature and psychological and environmental influences Social Learning Theory- Theory that people learn behaviors by watching role models- parents, caregivers, and significant others

24. Types of Addiction Process Addictions- Behaviors such as money addiction, work addiction, exercise addiction, and sex addiction that are known to be addictive because they are mood altering.

25. Process Addictions Compulsive (pathological) Gambler- a person addicted to gambling Compulsive borrowing and shopping Work Addiction- the compulsive use of work and the work persona to fulfill needs for intimacy, power, and success

26. Process Addictions Addictive exercisors- people who exercise compulsively to try to meet needs of nurturance, intimacy, self-esteem and self competency Muscle dysmorphia “bigorexia”- the need/want to be larger and more muscular, which can lead to exercise addiction Sexual Addiction- compulsive involvement in sexual activity

27. Process Addictions Internet Addiction- Five problematic issues: 1. Cybersex addiction 2. Cyber relationship addiction 3. Net compulsions 4. Information overload 5. Interactive video/computer game addiction

28. Multiple Addictions Addicts tend to have a drug/behavior of choice but can have multiple addictions. 60 percent of people in treatment have problems with more than one addiction. 75 percent for people addicted to chemicals Ex. Alcohol addiction and eating disorders are commonly paired in women

29. How Addiction Affects Family and Friends Codependence- A self-defeating relationship pattern in which a person is “addicted to the addict” Enablers- People who knowingly or unknowingly protect addicts from the natural consequences of their behavior

30. Treatment and Recovery from Addiction First step is to realize that there is a problem Addicts live in denial, in which they believe that they don’t have a problem (inability to see the truth)

31. Treatment and Recovery from Addiction Intervention- the planned process of confronting an addict; carried out by significant others Its purpose is to break down the denial compassionately so that the addict can see the destructive nature of the addiction The addict must not only admit their problem but see that the addiction is destructive and needs treatment

32. Treatment and Recovery from Addiction Components of effective intervention Emphasizing care and concern for the addicted person Describing the behavior that is the cause for concern Expressing how the behavior affects the addict, each person taking part in the intervention Outlining specifically what you would like to see happen

33. Treatment and Recovery Abstinence- refraining from an addictive behavior Detoxification- the early abstinence period during which an addict adjusts physically and cognitively to being free from the influences of the addiction The addict needs to have the abstinence paired with a recovery program If they don’t have a recovery program or stop going to one, they will most likely go into a relapse

34. Treatment and Recovery Relapse- an isolated occurrence of or full return to addictive behavior A person who does not relapse or have powerful urges to do so was probably not addicted in the first place Relapse prevention teaches people to recognize the signs of imminent relapse and to develop a plan for responding to these signs