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Cartoons to visualize self-awareness impairment among drug users. Gender and ethnicity will play a role in the content and structure of the cartoons as self-engagement is an important target for NIPE. Patients should be able to see themselves from the lens of the cartoons. While the use of stereotypes in cartoons can often support the humorous nature, images that are disrespectful, or overly stereotypical might interfere in this engagement. These cartoons are selected from our explorations in the brain awareness for addiction recovery initiative (BARI) to develop self-engaging cartoons in different genders and with different levels of stereotypy. Feedback from treatment providers and patients regarding the impact of the images will be crucial to informing further development of PE materials.