Skills that can reduce the desire to abuse drugs

<body bgcolor="#FFFFCC" leftmargin="50" marginwidth="50"> <div class="grey" align="center">If you're reading this your browser doesn't support frames. You can navigate from here OK but you will need to use the <b>BACK</b> button on your browser to get back here each time you click on one of the links below. - Sorry about that.</div> <p> <table bgcolor="#cc3333" width=100% cellpadding=2 cellspacing=3 border=0> <tr> <td bgcolor="#e8e8c8" align="center" valign="middle"><a href="life1.html" onfocus="this.blur()">What are our<br>feelings?</a></td> <td bgcolor="#e8e8c8" align="center" valign="middle"><a href="life2.html" onfocus="this.blur()">Talking<br>about them</a></td> <td bgcolor="#e8e8c8" align="center" valign="middle"><a href="life3.html" onfocus="this.blur()">Why bother<br>with this?</a></td> <td bgcolor="#e8e8c8" align="center" valign="middle"><a href="life4.html" onfocus="this.blur()">Some<br>examples</a></td> <td bgcolor="#e8e8c8" align="center" valign="middle"><a href="life5.html" onfocus="this.blur()">These are<br>our RIGHTS</a></td> <td bgcolor="#e8e8c8" align="center" valign="middle"><a href="life6.html" onfocus="this.blur()">Freedom!</a></td> </tr></table> <p> <hr align="center"> <p> This part of the website looks at some emotional skills that can improve the quality of our lives. <p> If you've never abused drugs, they're useful life skills anyway. If you <u>have</u> abused drugs, these skills can play a part in helping you to reduce or eliminate your drug intake - if you want to. <p> Many individuals abuse drugs because <b>they can change the way that people feel</b>. Drug abuse (<u>including</u> alcohol) provides a means of running away from uncomfortable emotions. <p> If we can learn to accept <u>all</u> our feelings as a normal part of everyday living - and know how to express them in an appropriate way - then we don't need to run from them any more. We won't feel such a strong desire to abuse drugs.<br> For those who think this sounds crazy, we can honestly say <b>this is not bullshit</b> - this is real. <p> Basic emotional skills can enhance <u>any</u> persons life. So whether you've ever taken drugs or not, take a look through this section anyway. We're sure that you'll gain something. <p> Click on the headings above - LEFT to RIGHT in order to work through this section. <p> <center> <a href="../index.html" onfocus="this.blur()"><img src="../images/back3.gif" align="absmiddle" alt="Back to Site Index" width="31" height="31" border="0"><img src="../images/goindex2.gif" alt="Back to site index" align="absmiddle" width="72" height="26" border="0"></a> </center> </body>