Addiction 1

• Identify two strengths you bring to addictions counseling and how you gained those strengths.
• Identify one area where you might struggle in the field of addictions counseling (examples might be personal experiences, bias, lack of education, etc.), and why this area might be a challenge for you.
• Does your state/country have certification or licensure for addictions counseling? Provide the website if so.
• Share whether addictions counseling is a field you would consider for your counseling career, and explain why or why not.

Information, I live in PA. My personal experience with addiction is that it has affected my family a lot, I am the first person in my family to not suffer from drug or alcohol addiction.

Please use at least 2 resources from below

• Bray, B. (2019, January 28). . Counseling Today . Retrieved from https://ctarchive.counseling.org/2019/01/workforce-projections-show-a-coming-surplus-of-school-counselors-shortage-of-addictions-counselors/
• National Institute on Drug Abuse. (2018b). Retrieved from https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/understanding-drug-use-addiction
• SAMHSA Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies. (2017). . https://solutions.edc.org/sites/default/files/Words-Matter-How-Language-Choice-Can-Reduce-Stigma_0.pdf