Distortions of thinking are not unique to addictive disorders, however; nor are they necessarily related to chemical use at all. Thought distortions can be found in people who may have other adjustment problems. For example, one young woman was procrastinating turning in her term paper for a class. “Why don’t you finish it?” I asked. “It’s finished already,” she said. “Then why haven’t you submitted it?” I asked. “Because I need to do some more work on it,” she said. “But I thought you said it’s finished,” I remarked. “It is,” she said. While her assertion appears illogical to most people, it
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