Lesson 23: Common Life Problems After Quitting or Rehab: Slide 22
2. Social And Economic Problems
- High income people can become involved in a cycle of drug and alcohol abuse to increase energy, confidence, manage pressure or to be part of a business lifestyle that includes use
- Cognitive skills training can assist with changing mistaken beliefs and provide ways to manage pressure to use, anxiety, social pressures, and required lifestyle changes
- A factor that both high and low
income people have in
common is vulnerability to
peer pressure
Notes:
Pg. 197-200, “Cognitive Therapy of Substance Abuse,” Aaron T. Beck, Fred D. Wright, Corey F. Newman, Bruce S. Liese, The Guilford Press, New York, 1993
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