Extended
Stage of Change
Substance Abuse Treatment Scale – Revised (SATS – R)
Based on interview, Marie is ready to address alcohol use, ambivalent about marijuana use, and reluctant to discuss her cocaine use. She is in the early stages of acknowledging and understanding the impact and role of drugs in her life, though acknowledges that alcohol has been a problem, and beginning to see the need for change in her drinking. This is consistent with recent history and other sources of information which indicate Marie is in the late engagement stage of treatment for cocaine use, early persuasion stage of treatment for marijuana use, and early action stage for drinking.