89_https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNnwfMfkZek_reducing drug use
gpt
Tell me a little bit about what brings you today.
human
Well, my wife is making me be here today. Uh, she thinks that it's a problem that I'm smoking weed, so she said, "You need to go and get some help."
gpt
Okay. Um, so you said that your wife said it's a problem. Um, so do you not feel like it's a problem for you?
human
No, I don't think it's a problem at all. It's something I do to help me relax. In fact, I think it's something that is good for me, but—
gpt
Okay. Can you tell me a little bit more about how, like, it's-it's not an issue for you?
human
Yeah. You know, like I said, you know, I'll come home, I'll, you know, smoke a couple rolls after a long day or something. I'm able to just relax, not really think about things. You know what I mean? I'm still working and, you know, paying the bills. We have a house, so I don't- I don't know why it's a problem.
gpt
Okay. Um, is it causing any problems in areas like your marriage or anything like that?
human
I mean, I guess a little bit, you know, like-- I mean, she's the one that-that has me being here. We've been fighting about it, you know. Uh, uh, I don't know, I-I guess I'm-I'm getting pretty frustrated with her. She just won't get off my back about it. So I finally said, "Fine, I'll go see someone."
gpt
Okay. Um, so are you here to maybe work on your marriage? Is that an area that you are wanting to-to work on?
human
Uh, I mean, I'm just here because she said that I need to be in here. So, I mean, yeah, I wanna save my marriage, you know.
gpt
Mm-hmm.
human
And, I mean, I love her, you know, but I'm here because she's making me be here.
gpt
Okay. Um, what is it that you wanna get out of being here?
human
Um, I mean, I guess- I guess I need some strategies for figuring out how to ease stress without, I guess, getting high.
gpt
Okay. And that's a very good reason for being here. Um, can you talk to me about maybe some of your-- the goals that you have?
human
Well, I mean, I just failed the UA at work. Uh, I think I failed UA at work. I don't know. I-I use- I use some stuff that was [inaudible 00:02:00] not my system. But-
gpt
Mm-hmm.
human
I don't- I don't think it's gonna work. And so I really liked to be able to keep my job.
gpt
Mm-hmm.
human
Um, I'd l- I'd like to stop fighting with my wife. Um-
gpt
Mm-hmm.
human
-I guess those are my big goals.
gpt
Okay. Um, do you see your substance use as being, um, maybe a cause of those other issues at all? Do you see them linked at all?
human
I mean, yeah, I guess- I guess if I think about it, that's kind of the common theme.
gpt
Okay. Okay, um, how do you think that your substance use is going to affect your employment?
human
I'm pretty worried that I'm gonna get fired.
gpt
Okay.
human
I don't- I don't really know. We're the only shop in town that-that does the work that we use. So I don't- I don't know what else I'm gonna go do.
gpt
Okay.
human
So—
gpt
Okay. Um, and if you lost your job, what do you see being the consequences of that?
human
Um, my wife might leave me. Uh, might lose the house. Um, can't pay my bills.
gpt
Okay. Do you see that at all as being affected by the substance use?
human
Yeah, it's probably- it's probably the reason why all that's happening. I mean-
gpt
Mm-hmm.
human
-If I lose my job, it's 'cause I failed the UA, so—
gpt
Okay. Um, so can you talk to me a little bit about, um, maybe where you wanna be 90 days from now? What do you want your life to look like?
human
I'll still have a job.
gpt
Okay.
human
Still have a wife and, uh, yeah, if I-- If those two things can happen then, you know—
gpt
Mm-hmm.
human
I mean, I know if-if I lose my job, she leaving me. She's been getting after me about smoking weed for a long time, so—
gpt
Okay. So that's where you wanna get to. Um, what do you think that you need to do in the next, like, month or so to maybe help going in that direction?
human
Probably need to go talk to my boss and start taking some steps not to lose it.
gpt
Okay.