CRM 3303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Consciousness Raising
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What helps people move forwards through the stages of change: three thingsone is self eicacy. Thinking about the negaive health efects of using drugs. Thinking about the negaive impacts on your life in general. Thinking about the impact your behaviour has on others: dramaic relief : experiencing strong emoional reacions to events associated with using drugs. Stopping doing drugs when someone you know dies. Seeing the efects it has on real lungs: environmental re-evaluaion: become aware of the impact of your problem behaviour on others. Thinking about the efects of criminal behaviour around the kids; and. Reading about the diferent violent crimes and their efect on the vicims and society in general: self re-evaluaion: afecive and cogniive re-experiencing of one"s self and problems. Thinking that you"re no longer happy being an addict or a delinquent; and. Imagining yourself as being sober and/or straight.