Addiction Flashcards
____ - Persuasive and intense urge to engage in maladaptive behaviors that provide sensory rewards, but can be harmful. (Usually related to drug use and abuse, but gambling can also become one.
Addiction
_____ - When they stop using that substance or partaking in that behavior
Withdrawal
___ ___ - Involves a dependence on alcohol, tobacco, or other harmful substances
Substance Addictions
____ - Craving of people who constantly use substance addictions
Dependence
_____ - The more they continue to use the substance the more of this they build up, needing more and more to achieve the same effects
Tolerance
____ - An addiction disorder in which the sufferer becomes dependent on alcoholic beverages such as beer, wine, or spirits. (Often preoccupied with alcohol and might use alcohol even in situations which it is unacceptable)
Alcoholism
____ _____ - Consuming an unhealthy amount of alcohol within 2 hours
Binge drinking
____ - A chemical in tobacco that can be highly addictive (usually in cigars or chewing tobacco.)
Nicotine
____ ____ - Drugs like cocaine, heroine, etc.
Illicit drugs
____ addiction - A compulsive need to do a behavior no matter how harmful (many behaviors people can be addicted to are not necessarily illegal)
Behavioral addiction
____ addiction - A compulsive and excessive engagement in sexual behavior (usually are at an increased risk of having unsafe sex)
Sexual addiction
____ addiction - Involves a compulsive need to gamble, despite the consequences
Gambling addiction
___/___/___ __ addiction - Fall under the same umbrella. People with these disorders have a compulsive urge to be on the internet or social media, use technology such as their phone or other device, or play video games.
Internet/technology/video game addiction
____ addiction - Involves an excessive urge to shop and spend money
Shopping addiction
