Kevin comes in asking for help. He had been addicted to pain medication in the past and went through a period of rehabilitation, NA meetings, and abstinence from pain medication. Today he tells you that following extensive dental surgery he was prescribed Valium and Vicodin (hydrocodone). He completed the prescriptions and was able to wrangle a prescription for each of these from his family doctor by telling him that he had been given nothing for pain and the dentist was out of town (which was true). “I can see I am getting back into that addiction thing,” he tells you. Choose a word that describes the feeling you think Kevin is expressing, and then give your empathic response. 

FEELING: 

EMPATHIC RESPONSE: