Consequences of Substance Abuse Worksheet

Write the possible consequences of Substance abuse that you have experienced or you may experience.

Now arrange them according to the severity of the harm these consequences cause to you. Start from the “most harmful” to the “least harmful” consequence.

Think of the most harmful consequence of your behavior and how does it affect you and the people around you?

Is there any of the listed consequences ever motivated you to change or stop this substance abuse behavior?

Reference

John McAlaney, Robert C. Dempsey, Stefanie M. Helmer, Guido Van Hal, Bridgette M. Bewick, Yildiz Akvardar, Francisco Guillén-Grima, Ol’ga Orosová, Ondrej Kalina, Christiane Stock, Hajo Zeeb; Negative Consequences of Substance Use in European University Students: Results from Project SNIPE. Eur Addict Res 4 January 2021; 27 (1): 75–82.

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