Patrick MalinPsy 1010

What Is Addiction?Addiction is a condition that results when a person ingests a substance (e.g., alcohol, cocaine, nicotine) or engages in an activity (e.g., gambling, sex, shopping) that can be pleasurable but the continued use/act of which becomes compulsive and interferes with ordinary life responsibilities, such as work, relationships, or health. Users may not be aware that their behavior is out of control and causing problems for themselves and others.

Small List of common Addictions

Alcohol Aspirin Aerosol sniffing Action Adrenalin Amphetamines Anti Depressants Anime Applause Art Arson Asthma Attention Authority Auto Racing Bulimia Barbiturates Betting Bestiality Body Building Colas Codependency Cocaine Crack Cocaine Caffeine Coffee Coin collecting Crime Coffee Drugs Drunk Driving Diuretics Ego Exercising (excessive) Endorphins Fantasizing (excessive)Food addiction Fetishes Fame Gambling Heroin Opium Husbands (relationships), Isolation Imagination Internet Job (workaholics) Joking about serious matters Junk collecting Kinky sex Kleptomania Lust Laziness Love Lacquer thinners Liquor Masturbation Masochism, Meetings (as in hiding in meeting) Men Marriage Muscle Relaxants Marijuana MSG Nicotine Narcotics Over achieving Over eating (Usually affiliated with sugar addiction) Over working Over anything can become an addiction Occult Prayer (without action) Pleasure Phobia's Prescription Drugs Pornography People Pleasing Perfectionism Pain Killers Quintessential Behavior Religion Relationships  Racetrack betting and action Risky behaviors Sedatives Sex   Sadism Satanism Smoking Shopping Serotonin   Self Help Books, programs  Self Mutilation  Sniffing Solvents Sleeping  Sleeping Pills  Shock Treatments  Speed Steroids Torturing - emotionally or physically - Power addiction Television Therapy  Thinners THC Thrills Tobacco Tramadol Tranquilizers Travel Trichotillomania Ultram  Underachieving Valium Vandalism Vicodin Video Video Games Violence Voodoo Vomiting Voyeurism Wealth Weed Weightlifting Women Wheat Flour – Carbohydrates Selfies.

Steps 1. Experimentation- Everyone is doing it and having lots of

fun. You decide to just try it once.

2. Regular Use- That was great! Why not do it again. Becomes your everyday routine, but its not like you need it or anything. It’s a social thing. Your no long just a lurker taking occasional hits.

3. Risky Use/Abuse- You ignore things you cared about before. Its not just an after work activity anymore. You are using at work.

4. Dependency- If you are without it you start through withdrawal. Your mind has changed. You believe you are functioning just fine if not better than before.

5. Wake Up Call- after spiraling down long enough you come just above rock bottom. You receive a reality check. You can see your surroundings and how bad things have become.

6. Recovery- You have become honest about your situation, and have gained hope that you can be healed. You still have moments of cravings and confusion. As time goes on, you feel like you need it less and less.

Substance dependent or abuse

In 2012, an estimated 22.2 million persons aged 12 or older were classified with substance dependence or abuse in the past year (8.5 percent of the population aged 12 or older) Of these, 2.8 million were classified with dependence or abuse of both alcohol and illicit drugs, 4.5 million had dependence or abuse of illicit drugs but not alcohol, and 14.9 million had dependence or abuse of alcohol but not illicit drugs. Overall, 17.7 million had alcohol dependence or abuse, and 7.3 million had illicit drug dependence or abuse.

Education

Among adults aged 18 or older, the rate of past month alcohol use increased with increasing levels of education. Among adults in 2012 with less than a high school education, 36.6 percent were current drinkers. In comparison, 68.6 percent of college graduates were current drinkers.

Among adults aged 18 or older, rates of binge and heavy alcohol use varied by level of education. Among adults in 2012, those who had graduated from college were less likely than those with some college education to be binge drinkers (22.1 vs. 26.4 percent) or heavy drinkers (5.9 vs. 7.9 percent).

The pattern of higher rates of current alcohol use, binge alcohol use, and heavy alcohol use among full-time college students compared with rates for others aged 18 to 22 has remained consistent since 2002

Utah’s Problem

More people died in Utah last year of prescription pain medication overdoses than traffic accidents, according to police and doctors who treat substance abuse patients.

Director of the Utah Addiction Center at the University of Utah Dr. Glen Hanson said “It's a big problem here in the state of Utah. I'd say we are up near the top in the country, and that's unusual for substance abuse.

Prescription Medicine

Treatment Centers Renaissance Ranch Talbot Recovery Solutions Life Line for Youth Steps Recovery Center Therapia Addiction Healing

Center Journey Healing Center New Beginnings Behavioral

Treatment Agency Lava Heights Academy Recovery Ways Utah Addiction Centers, Eagle

Mountain Turning Point Center Mount Pleasant Academy American Addiction Center Central Recovery Treatment Sovereign Healt Recovery

Programs Houston OCD Program –

Residential Support Program New Haven Residential

Treatment Center

Rogers Memorial Hospital – Eating Disorder Svcs

Excelsior Youth Center Diamond Ranch Academy Heritage Schools Center for Change Falcon Ridge Ranch Academy Cedar Ridge Academy Alpine Academy Red Rock Canyon School Triumph Youth Services Daybreak Canyon Next level Recovery Recovery Help Sovereign Health & Youth Adult

Programs Paradise Creek Recovery Center Life Enhancement Center Aspire Independent Counseling

Professionals Star Guides Wilderness Life Stone Counseling Centers Sunrise Outback Therapeutic Expeditions LDS Family Services

LDS Addiction Recovery Program

1. Honesty Admit that you, of yourself, are powerless to overcome your addiction and that your life has become unmanageable.

2. Hope Come to believe that the power of God can restore you to complete spiritual health.

3. Trust in God Decide to turn your will and your life over to the care of God the Eternal Father and his Son, Jesus Christ.

4. Truth Make a searching and fearless written moral inventory of yourself.

5. Confession Admit to yourself, to your Heavenly Father in the name of Jesus Christ, to Proper priesthood authority, and to another person the exact nature of your wrongs.

6. Change of Heart Become entirely ready to have God remove all your character weaknesses.

7. Humility Humbly ask Heavenly Father to remove all your character weaknesses.

8. Seeking Forgiveness Make a written list of all persons you have harmed and become willing to make restitution to them.

9. Restitution and Reconciliation Where possible, make direct restitution to all persons you have harmed.

10. Daily Accountability Continue to take personal inventory, and when you are wrong promptly admit it.

11. Personal Revelation Seek through prayer and meditation to know the Lord’s will and to have the power to carry it out.

12. Service Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, share this message with others and practice these principles in all you do.

CURE FOR ADDICTION

DON’T EXPERIMENT

Sources

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality

LDS Family Services