Table 2.

Decisional balance exercise responses.

Behavior	Good Things	Not So Good Things
Alcohol	Forget problems; don’t feel the pain, in a better mood. Have a good time. To celebrate. Be with friends and make new friends. Happier, more outspoken and outgoing.	Cost/no money. Family is sober and dislikes her drinking. Going to jail, other problems with the law, like DUIs. Problems are still there. Can ruin friendships. Hangovers/feeling sick and tired the next day. Fighting or getting hurt while drinking. Dirty house. Not taking care of kids/being away from children for days. Smoking cigarettes/weed when drinking. Missing work. Blacking out/not remembering things. Unprotected sex/embarrassed about a sexual encounter. Being sad/remembering people who passed away. Losing cell phone and other things while drinking. Causes health issues. Sad and lonely when she sobers up.
Birth control	Fixes abnormal menstrual periods. Prevents STDs. Birth control free at IHS. Pregnancy prevention.	Weight gain. Irregular periods or bleeding between periods. Have to use method all the time (pill, condoms). Men don’t always have condoms with them. Condom could break/safety of condoms. Remembering to take the pill. Sometimes birth control isn’t available or can’t afford birth control. Fighting with boyfriend about birth control.