ASSIGNMENT

How does having a deeper understanding of what’s going on in your brain personally
impact your perception of addictive behaviors?

Think of a time when you attempted to stop using your drug of choice—a substance or a behavior—and found yourself feeling anxious and/or depressed. Describe the experience.

Examples: late-night eating, social media, masturbation or any unwanted sexual behavior, drinking wine or alcohol.

What was the end result of the above described experience? Were you able to fight
past the physiological effects of tolerance, or did the experience end in relapse?

Identify how this experience made you feel. Circle the appropriate feelings.

Of the feelings you circled above, which one stands out most? What is the significance of that feeling in this instance?

Prior to this lesson, what was your understanding of emotion?

Where and/or how did you learn about emotion? What was the emotional climate in your family while growing up?