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How does a person know if he or she is drinking to self-medicate?

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Judith Welles Cousins
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, private practitioner
judithwellescousinslcsw.com  
703-921-1166

Judith has worked in the field of mental health and substance abuse since 1988,  She received her Masters in Social Work from Virginia Commonweatlh University in 1991 and was licensed as a clinical social worker in 1994.  In her private practice, Judith sees adults, families, children and adolescents, and couples. She addresses such issues as substance abuse, depession, anxiety, family discord, couple conflict, poor school performance, and  life transitions. Judith believes that within each individual, family, and couple are the resources to change, heal, and thrive.  Through the process of psychotherapy, she assists clients to identify and use these resources to gain personal and relational well-being.      

How does a person know if he or she is drinking to self-medicate?

In this video, Judy Cousins, Clinical Social Worker, will provide answers to questions regarding reasons to quit drinking. Judy will include information regarding the nature of alcohol use, the positive and negative consequences of use, and effective strategies for quitting drinking.

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Host: How does a person know if he or she is drinking to self-medicate?

Judith W. Cousins: A person knows that they are self medicating by drinking when they start to become aware that when they have troubling feelings or they have distressing feelings or they are in distress that their immediate thought or their close to immediate thought is, I am going to have a drink. For example, I have had a really rotten day at work, I am going to have a drink to relax or I may have two drinks to relax. When that becomes a pattern, when that becomes a habit then a person can say to themselves, I may have a problem with using alcohol to help myself relax or help myself feel better.

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