🤔 Part 1: Understanding Substance Effects

1. How might alcohol or drugs change the way someone acts with their friends and family? List three ways:

2. Circle the effects that substances might have on relationships:

Makes people more trustworthy

Can cause arguments and fights

Helps people make better decisions

Can make people say hurtful things

Might cause people to break promises

Always improves communication

3. What happens to trust in a relationship when someone uses substances irresponsibly?

💬 Part 2: Communication Practice

4. Complete these sentence stems for talking about substance use concerns:

When expressing worry about a friend:

"I feel worried when ________________________________"

When refusing an offer:

"I choose not to because ________________________________"

When asking for help:

"I need to talk to someone about ________________________________"

5. Match the communication strategy with the situation:

1. A friend offers you alcohol

2. You're worried about a family member's drinking

3. Someone is pressuring you to try drugs

4. A friend seems different after using substances

A. "I'm concerned about you because..."

B. "No thanks, I'm not interested"

C. "I need to talk to a trusted adult"

D. "That's not for me, let's do something else"

🎯 Part 3: Making Informed Choices

6. What are the four steps for making good decisions about substances? Fill in the blanks:

1. _____________ and think before acting

2. _____________ about what might happen

3. Consider the _____________ of your choices

4. Act _____________ and safely

7. Who are three trusted adults you could talk to about substance use concerns?

8. Circle the strategies that help us make responsible choices:

Thinking about consequences before acting

Going along with what everyone else does

Talking to trusted adults when unsure

Having a plan for saying "no"

Ignoring problems and hoping they go away

Supporting friends to make healthy choices

🌟 Part 4: Personal Reflection and Goals

9. Describe a situation where you might need to use communication skills about substance use:

10. Write one personal goal for maintaining healthy relationships and making responsible choices about substances:

11. How can you support friends and family to stay safe and make healthy choices?

12. What is the most important thing you learned today about substances and relationships?

Substance Influence on Relationships

Substance Influence on Relationships

🤔 Part 1: Understanding Substance Effects

💬 Part 2: Communication Practice

🎯 Part 3: Making Informed Choices

🌟 Part 4: Personal Reflection and Goals

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