"First Things First": What is the First Thing?

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2015
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Abstract
This op-ed piece comments on the down-side of an otherwise useful 12-step slogan, "First Things First," which generally refers to staying sober (not drinking or using no matter what). While important, there are environmental, microsocial, psychiatric, and neurobiological considerations that may place other needs at an equal or higher priority than sobriety per se. That is, other changes may be needed to set the stage for, or enhance efforts at sobriety, prior to or concurrent with attempting to quit one's drug of choice. Perhaps slogans should be considered in a broader context and not be taken too literally.
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Authors Sussman, Steve;Forster, Myriam;Grigsby, Timothy;
Journal substance use & misuse
Year 2015
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10.3109/10826084.2015.1007693
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treatment needs “first things first” slogans

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