Substance Abuse Case Study

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Drug / Alcohol use

Where are you:
Client reported abstaining from drug and alcohol use for over a year. The client reported feeling in control and has no desire to use drugs again.
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Where would you like to be: The client reported his plan to continue sobriety by taking it one day at a time. Client expressed his satisfaction with sobriety and feels like drugs and alcohol are no longer an issue for him.

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Mental / emotional Where are you now:
The client denied having any mental health issues at this time. The client confirmed that his PTSD dx was from being homeless and not from combat as he had initially reported. The client denied having any symptoms secondary to PSTD at this. Client denied S/I and H/I. The client has attended

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