Criminal & Addictive Thinking

First Steps

100

Your feelings and behaviors are always the result of.

What is Your Thinking?

200

When you have the same type of thoughts over and over.

What is thinking patterns?

300

Ways of thinking that say it is alright for you to violate others or the property of others.

What is Criminal Thinking Patterns?

400

Ways of thinking that say continuing to use alcohol or other drugs it okay no matter what you have to do, to make that happen and no matter what the consequences are to yourself or others.

What is Addictive Thinking Patterns.

500

They are the basic assumptions we make about the world, others and ourselves and they are formed in childhood as the result of our experience of the world. They are automatic and we are usually unaware of them.

What are core beliefs?

Criminal & Addictive Thinking Patterns

100

You blame just about anyone or anything for your crime except yourself--even though you're the one who committed the crime. "Someone else" was stupid. "Someone else" snitched you out. "Bad luck" got you arrested.

What is Victim stance?

200

Criminal thinkers often make excuses and try to minimize the harm they have done to others. You tend to recall only the positive actions you've taken and not the negative ones.

What is "good person" stance?

300

"I want it, and I want it now."

What is instant gratification?

400

You are consumed with fears: fear that you are a nobody, fear that others will find you out, fear of all your thoughts and actions being brought out into the open and judges. Fear vulnerability, lack of trust, and criminal pride.

What is fear of exposure?

500

Features of this type of thinking: You can't tolerate boredom. You can't stand being alone for more than short periods of time. You can't stay at a task for long periods of time. You avoid obligations because they're too dull they get in the way. You live for today.

What is seek excitement first/criminal excitement?

Strategies/Tactics

100

War of words - using anger and intensity to overpower others in a discussion.

What is arguing tactic?

200

Go wild with anger - yelling, screaming, threatening and throwing things.

What is raging tactic?

300

Diversion tactic where you argue over the exact language used rather than trying to clarify the exact meaning intended.

What is quibbling over words?

400

Misleading others by hiding the truth or telling half-truths or saying "I don't know" or I don' remember" when pressed for details.

What is lying by omission?

500

Pointing out the faults of others, magnifying, deliberately trying to confusion, quibbling over words, introducing irrelevant issues...

What are diversion strategies?

Thinking Distortions

100

Everything is viewed as either one extreme or the other; there is no middle ground.

What is Extreme Thinking (all-or-nothing thinking)?

200

Feelings are facts.

What is Emotional Reasoning?

300

Everything that happens around you is always all about you.

What is personalization?

400

You think you know where things are headed and make a snap decision with little or no evidence.

What is jumping to conclusions?

500

Not listening to or trusting new information. You already know everything.

What is Closed Thinking?

Random

100

It is a position you take to show yourself to the world - like an image or a pose.

What is a "stance"?

200

Defense mechanisms that's purpose is to make the irrational sound rational with the use of justification and excuses.

What is rationalization?

300

Criminal & Addictive Tactics (3)

What is avoidance strategies, diversion strategies, aggression strategies?

400

This is the main feature of addictive thinking and the first line of defense. It is a powerful coping mechanism to delay facing the truth.

What is Denial?

500

Thought patterns that hold you in check and prevent you from doing something that goes against your value system.

What is inhibition?