Addiction Vocab

A medicine or other substance which has a physiological effect when ingested into the body.

• Drug

• Trigger

The habitual taking of an addictive or illegal drug.

• Drug Misuse

• Drug Abuse

A disease of the brain's reward system. Individuals pursue reward and/or relief by substance use and other behaviors.

• Addiction

• Tolerance

The amount of something a person can withstand.

• Withdrawal

• Tolerance

A predictable group of signs and symptoms that result from either the sudden removal of, or the abrupt decrease in regular drug use.

• Tolerance

• Withdrawal

Comes from activities that make you feel good- does not involve drug use.

• Trigger

• Natural High

A person who needs a substance, activity, or thing to feel normal. They often cannot stop without help.

• Drug Abuse

• Addict

When an addict returns to the use of drugs. This can be caused by many different triggers.

• Relapse

• Recovery

Anything that provokes the memory of or actual use of drugs for a person in recovery.

• Trigger

• Dependency

When the neurons in the brain can only function normally if a specific drug in the system.

• Dependency

• Overdose