TOPICS COVERED IN MAKE YOUR LAST RELAPSE, YOUR LAST!
Chapter One
- Introduction to Relapse Prevention
- Leaving Addiction Behind Requires Setting A New Life Course
- Finding Personal Incentive To Take Action on Relapse Prevention
- Living A Balanced Life Reduces The Risk Of Relapse
- Taking Action On Your Relapse Prevention Plan Will Change All Areas Of Your Life
- Be Ready To Succeed
- Commitment To Continued Positive Change In My Life
- Relapse Prevention Planning Checklist
Chapter Two
- Addiction And Learned Behaviours
- How Are Addiction Behaviors Learned?
- Why Do People Drink Or Take Drugs In The First Place?
- What Do People Learn When Using?
- Why Do People Continue To Use?
- Why Are People Afraid To Quit Using?
- Why Do People Eventually Decide To Quit Using?
- Addiction Changed How You Think
- Abstinence Allows You Time To Learn
- The Power of Using Information To Prevent Relapse
- Choosing Information To Support Your New Learning
Chapter Three
- Getting The Basics Right
- Impact of Using Drugs And Alcohol On Negative Emotions
- Where Do Negative Emotions Come From?
- Stopping Automatic And Dysfunctional Thinking
- Impact Of Drugs And Alcohol On Your Mental Health
- Impact Of Taking Drugs and Alcohol On Physical Health
- Working On Your Mind And Body To Get Healthy
- Sleep And Relapse Prevention
- Food And Relapse Prevention
- Exercise And Relapse Prevention
Chapter Four
- Managing Cues
- High-Risk Situations For Relapse
- High-Risk Situations Must Be Avoided
- Cues: What Are They And How to Manage Them
- Lower Your Response To Cues And Reduce Cravings By Making A Commitment
- Reduce Cravings By Eliminating Cues
- Start Removing Items That Cue You To Drink And Use Drugs
- Replace Old Cues With Positive Cues
- Situations Or Events Are Also Cues
- Managing Situation Cues
- Location Cues Require You To Stay Away
- Common Emotional Cues
- Taking Action To Manage Cues Always Includes Creating New Cues
- Drug And Alcohol Cues Do Not Last Forever
- Personal Cue Inventory And Strategies To Manage Cues
Chapter Five
- Managing Cravings
- Beliefs Help To Form The Expectation, Which Then Molds The Urge To Use
- You Can Control Craving By Using Reasoned Thinking
- Taking Action By Developing Your Craving Management Plan
- Create A Pocket Helper
- Cravings Always Get Weaker If You Don't Respond To The Urge To Use
- Practical Techniques For Managing Craving
- Developing An Exercise And Relaxation Plan
- Boredom Is The Desire For Desire
- What Could Be Stopping You?
- Motivation To Make The Needed Changes
- Ambivalent Thoughts, Emotions And Behaviors Are Normal
- Craving Management Plan
- Exercise, Recreation And Social Activities Plan
Chapter Six
- Coping Skills to Prevent Relapse
- Managing Anger
- Managing Depression
- What Causes Depression?
- Managing Anxiety
- Panic Disorder:
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder:
- Managing Stress To Reduce The Risk Of Relapse
- The Balance Sheet In Your Mind: Assigning Meaning To Stressors
- Do Multiple Stressful Events Add Up?
- The Balance Sheet In Your Mind & Relapse
- So Who Decides If An Event Is Stressful?
- Becoming Stress Resilient By Holding On To Your Values
- Manage Stress To Prevent Relapse
- Personal Stress Inventory Worksheet
Chapter Seven
- Reduce Conflict, Increase Communication, And Decrease Relapse Conflict Is A Source Of Stress
- Conflict And Relapse
- Conflict, The Basics
- How We View Conflict
- Cooperation As An Attitude And Conflict Resolution Tool
- Communication Skills, A Relapse Prevention Tool
- How You Look, Talk & Act Is A Large Part Of Communicating
- Active Listening Is Communicating
- Take Time To Practice
Chapter Eight
- Relationships And Relapse
- Families Impact Addiction Behavior
- Negative Family And Friend Support
- Positive Family And Friend Support
- Guilt, Shame And The Addiction Lifestyle
- Guilt
- Shame
- Simple Actions To Reduce Guilt And Shame
- Planning For Healthy Relationships To Prevent Relapse
- Becoming Mentally And Physically Healthier To Build Healthy Relationships
- Families Need Help Too
- Social Support And Relapse Prevention
- Interpersonal Boundary Setting Reduces Risk Of Relapse
- What Is An Interpersonal Boundary?
- Living and Enforcing Boundaries
- Guilt and Shame Stress Inventory Worksheet
- Self Care Recovery Boundaries Worksheet
- Support Network Worksheet
Chapter Nine
- Stay on Track, Develop a Personal Vision
- What Causes People To Change?
- Exploring Values
- Why Is Defining Your Values Important?
- How Did We Develop Our First Values And Beliefs?
- Can You Change Your Values And Beliefs?
- Planned And Controlled Life Change
- How Do You Raise Your Values And Standards?
- Meditation, A Simple Tool
- Creating Your Vision And Establishing Goals
- Are Your Goals Important Enough To Sustain Change?
- Tipping Points
- Your Tipping Point
- Get Down The Action Details For Each Goal
- How To Set Goals With Important People In Your Life
- Life Partners Can Power Change
- Mutual Goal Setting
- Summary Life Plan And Goals For Next Year Worksheet
- Goal Planning Worksheet
Chapter Ten
- Meaningful Work And Relapse Prevention Roadblocks To Finding The Right Work for You
- Finding Meaningful Work
- Use Creative Thinking
- Create Your Written Vision Of Meaningful Work
- Making Dreams A Reality
- Achieving Goals
- The Catalysts Of Change
- Increase Your Energy
- Increase Your Momentum
- Handle Your Mental Objections To Taking Action
- Not Enough Time:
- Not Enough Money:
- Too Hard For Me To Do:
- Take Action To Get Ready For That Dream Job
Chapter Eleven
- Reducing the Risks of Using Again
- Detecting Your Relapse Setup
- Habits Or Conditioned Responses
- A Time Out From Using
- What Is Substance Dependence?
- If You Choose To Use Again, Take Precautions
- A Lapse Can Lead To Greater Commitment
- Lapse As A Guilt Inducing Event
- When Can I Go Back To Using Moderately?
- How About Using Other Drugs And Alcohol Except My Drug Of Choice?
- Testing the Water
- Without Drugs And Alcohol, Will My Life Be Perfect?
- Relationship Problems
- Financial Problems
- Peer Pressure Or Social Pressure To Use
- Daily Life Stressors
- Health Problems
- A Balanced Lifestyle
Chapter Twelve
- Creating A New Identity
- Addict As An Identity
- Identity Expands Or Limits Options
- Strategies To Change Your Identity
- Beliefs Can Be Changed
- Letting Go Of The Past
- Be The Judge
- Staying Angry At Someone Else
- Loneliness And Recovery
- Loneliness Is Not A Personality Flaw
- What To Do About Loneliness?
- Enjoy Being You
- Beating Boredom
Chapter Thirteen
- When Self-Management Doesn't Work
- An Example Of Self-Management
- Key Tasks To Manage Chronic Health Problems Including Addiction
- So, What Does The Evidence Mean To You?
- How To Identify The Resources Required For Your Life Plan
- Professionals
- Family Or Friends Who Help
- Clear Communication With Professionals, Family And Friends
- Problem Solving Skills For Health And Life Goals
- No Time For Problem Solving?
- Generating Solutions
- Addiction Results In Negative Stereotyping
- Responsible Sharing Of Information
- Practice What You Will Say
- The Stigma of Addiction
- Where Does The Stigma Around Addiction Come From?
- What Actions Can You Take To Break Stigma Barriers?
- Negative Stereotyping Can Be A Two Way Street
- The Best Tool For Improved Health and Stigma Reduction
Chapter Fourteen
- Putting All The Pieces Together
- What Is Structure?
- An Example Of The Use Of Structure
- What Makes Up Structure?
- Can Structure Create Helplessness?
- Positive Structure Can Change How You Behave
- Structures Can Support Or Deter Sobriety
- Structure Can Cue You To Succeed
- When Is It Real Structure?
- Creating Positive Life Structure Keeps You Safe From Risk
- Key Points For Your Success
- Structure Requires And Reinforces Commitment
- Commitments Build Trust
- The Commitment Cycle
- Monitoring Your Progress On Your Life Goals
- Monitoring Too Late Is Costly
- Managing Slips, Lapses And Relapses
- Learn Through Honest Appraisal Of The Lapse
- Reward Yourself For Both Small And Large Successes
- How Much Time Is Enough For Your Life Plan?
- Check How You Spend Your Time
- Making Up For Lost Time
- Your Time For Recovery
- You Have The Time