Defense Mechanisms

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Across
  1. 1. Making excuses to justify substance use.
  2. 2. Withdrawing from supportive people to avoid accountability
  3. 4. Using jokes or sarcasm to deflect pain
  4. 7. Separating life areas to avoid seeing the full picture
  5. 10. Blaming others for one’s own feelings or actions
  6. 11. Refusing to acknowledge reality of the addiction
  7. 12. Downplaying the seriousness of behaviors or consequences
Down
  1. 1. Blocking out painful memories or emotions
  2. 3. Avoiding emotions by over-focusing on logic or facts
  3. 5. Reverting to childish behaviors when stressed
  4. 6. Taking out feelings on a safer target instead of the real source
  5. 8. Staying away from people or situations that might reveal the problem
  6. 9. Shifting responsibility onto someone or something else