Adolescent Substance Abuse Intervention Workbook

This workbook is intended for teenagers who use drugs and
alcohol but for whom the amounts, frequency, and negative consequences are
unrecognized. This workbook is an initial approach for helping teenagers
become aware, both cognitively and emotionally, of the negative consequences
of their drug and/or alcohol use. It is hoped that by seeing for themselves
how not using can make their life better, teenagers will become motivated
toward beginning treatment.

This intervention workbook corresponds to
the First Step of a 12-Step Program. It helps teenagers move from
precontemplation to contemplation to determination according to the stages
of change framework. The workbook should be used as part of a therapeutic
relationship or program, with sensitivity to issues of confidentiality.
Background about the workbook and suggestions for its use are provided in
the accompanying Staff Manual. This is a package of 5.