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Mark Lim M.D FASAMMedical Director NorthLakes Community Clinic Recovery ProgramBoard Certified in Family MedicineBoard Certified in Addiction Medicinemlim@northlakesclinic.org7156852200
“Listen & Hear”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EZMWAkg
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“Thoughts”, sounds familiar?...
• “once a junkie, always a junkie”• Moral failing• “dirty” urine• “They could quit when they want to”• “weak” for relapsing• “I’m a failure, I disappointed you”
(family,provider, love ones)
• “Is it in my head?” or “its just in your head”• Late policy: 10-15mins, appointment canceled• Missed appointment: 1-3x your out• Mental Health Provider: “you need to be clean”,
“its just the drug talking” – unavailable for the work of psychotherapy.
• Medical Provider: “just go to meetings”• “I can’t be an alcoholic or an addict, because I
can’t be anything that horrible”
• Crack babies, meth heads/freaks, junkies• War on drugs• “waiting list” for treatment• Insurance policy covers only detoxification or
short term treatment services• “Prioritized” populations for treatment• Kicked out of treatment for unable to achieve
abstinence.
Effect of thoughts
Isolation Shame Denial
Effect of thoughts
Isolation
Isolation
• create distance• Propelled by myths, stereotypes, disapproval
& discrimination• Faced with disapproval & discrimination,
many seek out the company of the only people who seems to understand them- other who share their addiction.
Effects of thoughts
Shame
Shame
• Natural consequences of isolation• A force that propels people deeper and
deeper into isolation
Shame
-isn’t strong enough to defeat that urge, but it is strong enough to destroy people:• Sense of hope in their ability to recovery• Knowledge of their own value as human being• Belief in their own dignity
Effect of thoughts
Denial
Denial
Effect of stereotype and myths creates:
Addicts are bad people I’m no a bad person I must not be an addict If I’m not an addict, I don’t need help
or
Denial
I’m an addict, and addicts are bad people I must be a bad person If I’m a bad person, I don’t deserve any help
Experiences of active Addiction
-it cause Pain, Ambivalence and Fear to individual, family, providers and community
Experiences of Active Addiction
PainThe words and actions of people in active addiction sometimes bring pain to themselves and people around them:
• Fail to fulfill important responsibilities• Take money or valued possession from people they love.• Overreact to minor mistakes with extreme anger &
coldness• Withhold signs or expression of love or respect• Neglect or abuse people who are important to them,
including their children
Healing the Stigma of Addiction 2005. Pamella Woll MA CADP
Experiences of Active Addiction
AmbivalenceFor concerned friends, colleagues, and love ones, the behavior of people in active addiction often doesn’t make sense. It produce conflicting emotions.• Concerned• Sympathetic• Fearful for the person w/addiction, ourselves or love ones• Helpless • Angry at the person w/ addiction• Angry w/ ourselves of being angry• Angry with ourselves putting up with the effect of the
addiction
Healing the Stigma of Addiction 2005. Pamella Woll MA CADP
Experiences of Active Addiction
Fear
The fear of Pain and Ambivalence, which creates distances and defenses to protect us from the experience, and also could cause discomfort.
Healing the Stigma of Addiction 2005. Pamella Woll MA CADP
Definition of Addiction
is a primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory &
related circuitry
Addiction
• Dysfunctional in these circuits leads to characteristic manifestation: biological, psychological, social and spiritual. This is reflected in an individual pathologically pursuing rewards and/or relief by substance use and other behavior
Circuitry
Brain’s PLEASURE circuitry?
Brain’s MOTIVATION circuitry?
Brain’s MEMORY circuitry?
Brains EXECUTIVE circuitry?
Circuitry
The Pleasure/Reward Circuitry of the Brain
The crucial reward neurotransmitter is
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Contributions to the disease of Addiction
• 50% Genetic• 50% Environmental
• NOT biology vs. environment• The act together to produce the addiction
behavior phenotype• Substantial evidence that environmental & social
factors influence neurobiological (brain) substrates of addiction
Biological
Psychological
• One of the psychological effects of addiction involved in craving is the belief the addict cannot function or handle life without use of the drug.
Psychological
Spiritual
“spirituality is the aspect of humanity that refers to the way individuals seek and express meaning and purpose and the way they experience their connectedness to the moment, to self, to others, to nature, and to the significant or sacred”
Spirituality
sense of connection to something bigger than ourselves, and it typically involves a search for meaning in life.
Now we Know….
Addiction is a primary, chronic disease of brain circuitry:• Reward• Motivation• Memory• Executive functions
Now we know…
Dysfunctional circuits leads to dysfunction• Biological• Psychological• Social• Spiritual
This is reflected in an individual pathologically pursuing rewards and/or relief by substance use and other behaviors.
What is Recovery?
re·cov·er·yrəˈkəv(ə)rē/noun
1. a return to a normal state of health, mind, or strength.2. the action or process of regaining possession or control of something stolen or lost.
RECOVERY = WELLNESS
Process of change through which the individual improves his health and wellness, live a self directed life and strive to reach their full potential.• Health• Home• Purpose• Community• “Spiritual growth”
RECOVERY = WELLNESS
RECOVERY = WELLNESS
Abstinence from all drugs and behaviors that pathologically stimulates the reward pathways is to be considered an optimal component of wellness (recovery)
Treatment
MAT = Medication Assisted Treatment ?
Treatment
MAR = Medication Assisted Recovery
Pathology/SymptomsAddiction Consequences Medication Psychosocial
/ Spirituality
Acute withdrawal symptoms X X
Post acute withdrawal symptoms X X
Craving X X
Psychiatric Problems X X
Response to environmental cues X
Rewired brain and altered neural humoral X
Change in gene expression X
Addiction interactive disorder X
Emotional damage, shame, guilt X
Unmanageability of life X
Damaged families & other relationship X
Characterologic/personality X
Psychosocial Intervention
Goal is to help patient control urges to use drugs and remain abstinent, while serving to patients in coping with emotional strife that accompanies addiction.
Psychosocial InterventionFormats:• Social skills training• Individual therapy• Group therapy• Couple counseling• Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)• Contingency management (CM)• 12 Step Facilitation therapy• Motivational Interviewing• Family Therapy
Structure is important!!
Structure…structure…structure!
• Aims to put a person on path back to healthier habits, in turn promoting healthier thoughts & actions.
• Structure in addiction recovery treats addiction behavior.
Structure…structure…structure!
• Structured program can remove some pressure from outside world & allow the person in treatment to feel sufficiently at ease to start the serious work of self reflection
• Promotes long term sobriety
Healing process
Its not enough just to hear from you, or to read in a couple books, that those beliefs (negative)/myths aren’t rooted in reality, the person needs to hear the new, positivemessages over & over again, from many different people, before the new information can even begin to “tape over” the old messages.
Healing process
The person needs not just to hear about hope, but to see hope, in face after face and life after
life.
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