Will This Client Follow Directions?
If Bob gets a job, his mom will ask him to move out of the basement, and he’ll have to get a roommate, which he doesn’t want, so better to remain unemployed.
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Posted by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 18, 2012 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
If Bob gets a job, his mom will ask him to move out of the basement, and he’ll have to get a roommate, which he doesn’t want, so better to remain unemployed.
Read MorePosted by C. Scott McMillin | May 27, 2012 | Addiction Clinicians | 1 |
It’s as if the addict is so accustomed to just acting on impulse that he/she has lost touch with the source of the impulse — ordinarily a negative emotional state such as anxiety, anger, sadness, etc.
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Some of what patients hear is gossip and folklore, something for which the addict community is famous. But there is a wide variation in quality among OTPs.
Read MorePosted by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 28, 2012 | Programs | 1 |
Crisis motivates addicts to seek treatment. But the addict’s motivation to remain in treatment decreases as he feels better.
Read MorePosted by C. Scott McMillin | Feb 13, 2012 | Families | 1 |
What can a newbie reasonably expect from participation in Alanon et al? Support, although perhaps of a type you don’t initially recognize, since it doesn’t involve much sympathy.
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