Details: Getting Out of the Game: Avoiding the Trap of Drug Dealing - Drug Abuse Intervention Addiction Treatment Education Videos

Getting Out of the Game: Avoiding the Trap of Drug Dealing

$ 195

Running Time: 35 minutes

DVD VHS

MONEY, POWER, RESPECT, POPULARITY AND GLAMOUR: They all come easy for the drug dealer, at least in the minds of many young recovering addicts. It's easy to understand why the lure of the dealing life style is so strong. BUT, hustling drugs inevitably becomes the first step on the path to addiction, prison or death. This video features a support group for people in recovery who face the temptation to return to dealing. Led by Hector and Curtis, former drug dealers now working as professionals in addiction treatment, the group grapples with real life issues:

* Relationships with old friends
* Financial stress
* The illusion that they can deal without using
* The false belief that this time they won't get caught

The group participants also share the techniques and tools that have helped them stay out of the game including:

* Valuing their family above the street life
* Learning to be patient
* Using a support group
* Valuing earned money above illegal money
* Using memories of past negative experience to keep it green
* Understanding the negative impact on the community
* Having a positive focus or goal
* Learning to use their street skills to hustle legit

Includes Counselor's Guide with reproducible client worksheets.