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My Story
- How did someone like me acquire an addiction
History of Opioid use
- Retrace the evolution of opioids and their role in addiction
2 Main Causes of Addiction
- Review the two fundamental components that make up the avenue to addiction
2 Main Parts of the Brain
- The major parts of the brain that undergo change to make the drug a part of survival for the addict
Medical Disease Model and the Parity Test
- Understanding how and why addiction is now being considered a disease, and not just a bad moral decision-making behavior
Fire Drill
- A visual imagery discussion of seeing the “smoke” of possible drug use and making a plan to try to prevent a relapse
Relapse Plan
- Planning for a relapse and taking action as soon as it happens
Bio/Psycho/Social/Spiritual Matrix (“Life Matrix”)
- An overview of a central component to the problem of addiction, and a possible key to the development of a community-based resource to help fight it
Dopamine Pleasure Spike Graph
- Putting all the pieces together to understand how addiction changes our brain and the way we behave when suffering from an addiction
Opioid Effect Graph
- A foundational building block to understanding the different types of opioids, and medications used in the treatment of addiction
Mutual Support Groups and the AA/NA Model
- Discuss the history of these groups and experience a mock meeting to better understand the role they play in recovery
Recovery Plan
- Putting together a long term plan to help manage one’s life in moving forward with an addiction
