Lesson 1: Addiction is Learned - Slide 9

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Positive Reasons For Drug & Alcohol Use

  • You are not just influenced by other people, you have your own real reasons for using
  • Positive reasons to try using alcohol or drugs are common across most individuals
  • As we go through the following slides think about the positive reasons you had for drinking or using drugs

Notes:

Pg. 22-23, Beck, Aaron T., Wright, Fred D., Newman, Cory F. & Liese, Bruce S. (1993). Cognitive Therapy of Substance Abuse. New York. The Guilford Press.

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