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- 4. Is only about the image of us we try to get others to see and believe.
- 6. Criminal thinkers usually fear appearing weak and inadequate to anyone, even to nonthreatening people.
- 8. The main feature of addictive thinking.
- 9. Those of us with an addiction are ________-__________ and self-centered.
- 12. We expect ourselves to do everything perfectly right away, without practice or failure.
- 15. The truth is that our addiction is really the least unique thing about us. We actually have a very common disease that has clear symptoms, familiar thought and behavior patterns, and ___________ results.
- 18. We will lie, cheat, steal, tell half-truths, and bed to get and continue using alcohol or other drugs.
- 20. We convince ourselves that the world is out to get us, and we’re just victims of bad luck.
- 22. ___________ thinking patterns fool us into thinking it’s okay to violate others or the property of others.
- 26. We do this instead of thinking about the serious physical, mental, and legal consequences that can result.
- 27. If we don’t feel good, we become ____________ with what can make us feel good again as soon as possible.
- 29. We tend to live in the present or in the near future.
- 31. As people who misuse substances, we aren’t looking to find the truth, we are only looking to ________ and excuse our single-minded search for the high.
- 32. There’s a ________ to addiction as well. For example, the delusion that being addicted to alcohol isn’t as bad as being addicted to heroin.
- 37. It’s power that’s used to manipulate, intimidate, humiliate, and dominate others for our own excitement and to get what we want.
- 38. View ourselves as the victims first and allows us to blame others for the situations we’ve usually created for ourselves.
- 40. Irrational thoughts lead to ___-__-_____ emotions and irrational behavior.
- 42. As criminal and addictive thinkers, we adopt a stance out of ___________ or desperation.
- 43. People with an addiction think their drug of choice is somehow better than other drugs.
- 44. We may do almost anything we can to avoid responsible effort.
- 46. ___________ thinking patterns fool us into thinking it’s okay to use alcohol and drugs as much as we want, as often as we want, and to do whatever we need to do to get them.
- 47. We tend to recall only the positive actions we’ve taken and not the negative ones.
- 48. Is about our moral strength.
- 49. Because criminal thinking patterns and addictive thinking patterns are so much alike and often ________, we can work on changing both thinking patterns at the same time.
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- 1. Involves viewing our motives as always “good” on some level.
- 2. We’re afraid that if we really found out who we are, deep down, we might discover that we’re nothing.
- 3. Because the obsession to feel good drives our thinking, it becomes ___________.
- 5. We like to see ourselves as different and special.
- 7. Habits of thought—thoughts a person uses so often that they just seem to come naturally.
- 10. The unrealistic expectation that just because we think things should be a certain way, then that’s the way it actually will be.
- 11. A _______ is a position we use to show ourselves to the world.
- 13. Our mental health disorder may also _______ thinking patterns of its own.
- 14. When we claim to be decent people and then follow that up with responsible behavior, that’s ________.
- 16. Addictive thinking calls us to _____ anything that would suggest we need to stop using.
- 17. When we fight, brag, refuse to admit we don’t know something, or believe our type of crime is better than the other guy’s type of crime.
- 19. are thought patterns that hold us in check and prevent us from doing something.
- 21. We have a distorted idea about which rights and property are ours and which belong to others.
- 23. In most cases, the only differences between criminal thinking patterns and addictive thinking patterns are in the degree or in the particular ___________ the thinking takes us.
- 24. We consider ourselves to be a good person, no matter what we do or how we act.
- 25. Studies have shown that a person’s decision to commit most crimes occurs within ____ minutes of the crime itself.
- 28. Our efforts to change one thinking pattern will ___________ our work on the other.
- 29. When we’re constantly trying to get away with criminal activity, we’re always vulnerable to being exposed or caught. We’ve always got something to hide.
- 30. These thoughts keep us uninterested in a lot of responsible behavior.
- 33. Criminal and addictive thinkers often make excuses and try to __________ the harm they’ve done to others.
- 34. Our thoughts focus on whether or not we feel _____.
- 35. These thinkers think they aren’t unique or special, and are angry and want to victimize others.
- 36. Most of us had powerful pleasure experiences with alcohol and other drugs when we first used, and our minds became _________ with repeating that experience.
- 39. Criminal thinkers often like to pose as if they’re fearless.
- 41. We may also create a romantic picture of ourselves by thinking we’re __________ or adventurous.
- 45. Stances don’t come from inside us; they’re like masks or _________, they’re essentially fake.