Lesson 1: Addiction is Learned - Slide 11
Positive Reasons For Drug & Alcohol Use
2. To improve how you feel
- People take drugs to positively change how they feel; to help them feel happier, more energetic, sexier or more relaxed
- People do not expect taking drugs to make them feel unhappy, confused, angry, uptight, sad and depressed
- People are always positive that
with using they will feel better
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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