A Matter of Balance: Personal Strategies for Alcohol and Other Drugs
by Michael E. Holstein, William E. Cohen, et al. (CNS Publications, Inc., 1995)
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Summary:
A Matter of Balance is a comprehensive workbook that could be completed as a stand-alone course or used to pull exercises and facts for handouts. It offers practical applications, skill-building exercises, challenges to think critically about issues, and specific activities to practice and apply to the students’ own situations. It covers abstention and limited use by focusing on self-assessment, stress reduction, natural highs, refusal skills, self-esteem and models for change. It also leads students through strategies for harm reduction and self-protection when the goal is controlling use. It suggests a series of first steps for intervention and treatment. The material is presented in three in-depth sections: - Heredity, Environment, Psychoactive Drugs, Getting High Naturally, Making Personal Changes
- Environmental Pressures to Use, the Media, Resiliency, Relationships, STD’s, Anger, Changing the Current Environment
- Halting the Progression, Recognizing Signs and Symptoms of Substance Abuse, Practical and Ethical Dilemmas of Enabling, Eating Disorders, Mentors and Role Models, the Costs of Use, Where do I Go From Here
Why does FASTEN recommend this resource? This workbook is written for young adults in their late teens and intended for courses in substance abuse, health and wellness and counseling, as well as for programs in athletics and peer advising. It could also be included in “surviving college” courses, in a DUI program, as prevention for at-risk teens, or in a probationary program. It is written from a secular viewpoint but provides excellent information and worksheets that could be used as supplementary material in a faith-based program. |
