A. Pre Stage - Teen Experiments how drugs/alcohol works for them. Learning Process
B. Early Stage - Teen uses drugs/alcohol to get pleasure/high.
It's all just fun
1. Few consequences from the beginning use of drugs/alcohol.
2. Ability to control use of drugs/alcohol in most cases.
3. Drug of use/alcohol increases: start using more.
C. Middle Stage - Teen starts using to get relief from pain.
Change in Dealing with Life and Others
1. drugs/alcohol becomes a problem/source of pain.
2. Loss control over amount used of drugs/alcohol; using more and more.
3. Extreme discomfort when not using
4. Depression, emotional numbness, mental preoccupation
D. Late Stage - Teen is now using to obliterate consciousness.
Physical and Mental Breakdown
1. Severe psychological/physical consequences.
2. Dissociation from self/reality, many blackouts.
3. Suicide, insanity, accidental death, physical sickness, prison.
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