Lesson 21: Motivation: Slide 27
Why Do You Feel Ambivalent?
- Psychological dependence on alcohol and drugs for coping with difficult emotions and situations causes ambivalence every time these situations arise in early recovery
- Until you learn new ways to cope with negative emotions and they become your new habits, every time you experience anger,
sadness, loneliness or …
you will yearn to use again
- Emotions are powerful cues
Notes:
Pg. 38, “Motivational Interviewing, Preparing People to Change Addictive Behavior,” William R. Miller and Stephen Rollick, The Guilford Press, New York, 1991
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