Transcript preventing_addiction

Preventing Addiction
Striking at the Root
The Roots of Addiction
To tackle addiction, you must strike at the
root. It’s usually one of the following six
things:
1. You feel insecure and desperately want to belong
2. Your friends are doing it and you feel pressured by
them
3. You are trying to hide pain from the past, like a
death in the family, a divorce, or being abused
Continued…
4. You feel confined and want to rebel
5. You want to escape from your current problems
6. You’re bored or curious
If you are feeling one of these six things think of
something more satisfying and enduring to make you
feel better – not drugs or alcohol!
What are some anti-drugs that may
help fill the potential holes in your life?
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Exercise
Sports
Music
Service
Hobbies
Family
Faith
The 3 Knows
1. Know the Facts – Make choices based on facts
2. Know Yourself – To have the strength to say no you
need to have something more important to say yes
to.
3. Know the Situation – Don’t put yourself in situations
where you may not be strong enough to resist.
The 5 No’s
1. Be Direct – Say no straight up, and don’t apologize
2. Use Humor – “No, thanks, I like my brain cells.”
3. Blame it on your parents – say you have strict
parents
4. Suggest an alternative – sometimes your friends just
need a better idea
5. Get up and go – trust your instincts and just leave
In the textbook…
- To finish out our unit on Addictions, I’d like you to read on your
own that last addiction in the 6 decisions book.
- Sean Covey calls this The Drug of the 21st Century.
Please read from the bottom of page 256 to 261.
- I will answer any questions you may have after you read this
section.
If you get done early (before the others in the class) our next
decision will be self worth, you can take a peek at that if you
like…
Journal
For today’s journal entry reflect on all that we have learned
about addictions. You had Const. Legere talk about drug use, we
learned the three brutal realities of addictions, and we watched
Through a Blue Lens and Tears for April as well as read from our
textbook about addictions…
What do you think about your choices surrounding addictions
such as smoking, drugs, and alcohol? Have you made choices you
regret? What choices are you going to make in the future? How
are you going to stay addiction free? What is the most important
thing you took from this unit on addictions? What did you
learn? Anything we missed?
Practicing Refusal Skills
• Groups of four
• Deal out the pink cards until they are gone
• Deal out the blue cards, make sure that each person
has different numbers then their pink cards
• Have the person with the pink card #1 read it to the
group
• The person with the blue card #1 then responds
(read your card and then give your response or ask
your group to help you think of how to respond)
• Continue on in the same way with #2 till are the
cards are read