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ADDICTIONS:This cluster can be applied to those persons addicted to substances or activities to keep them from feeling. Fill in the blanks with your substance or activity. Beliefs are:
*I need ______________ to feel good or block painful emotion.
*I can't stand frustration or pain.
*I deserve to feel good, get high, or block pain.
*I can't help my addictive behavior--I'm powerless.
*Other people or events cause my feelings, hence my addiction.
*I'm an addict, a reject, no good, or a failure.
*I'm not addicted--I can control my addiction and handle any problem.
*I can't cope without _________________.
*I can't stop--why bother?
*Once an addict--always an addict.
*I can stop later.
*A little ____________ won't hurt--what the heck. *_______________ makes me confident, a good talker, creative. *Just one more--I can handle it. *I can control this--I've got will power. *I'm not responsible for this condition--others drove me to it. *It feels great to use. There's no better feeling. *Sure I can hang out where they do it--no problema.