Managing Your Drug or Alcohol Problem:
Therapist Guide

by Dennis Daley, PhD. and G. Alan Marlatt, PhD.

© 1997       Paperback      156 pages

ISBN:  0127850392

Price:  $ 35.00

 

About the Workbook

In this workbook we provide you with information about substance use problems, the recovery process, the relapse process, types of professional treatments available, and self-help groups.  The major goals of this workbook are to help you reach maximum treatment benefit by motivating you to develop and implement a personal change plan and to provide you with practical strategies or skill to cope with the most common problems encountered when substance use is stopped.

Contents
 

  • Introduction to workbook
  • Recognizing your problem
  • Recognizing consequences
  • Treatment for substance abuse
  • States of change
  • How to use therapy or counseling
  • Overview of your goal planning
  • Managing cravings
  • Managing thoughts of using
  • Dealing with upsetting emotions
  • Refusing offers to use substances
  • Dealing with family and relationship problems
  • Building a recovery support system
  • Self-help programs and recovery clubs
  • Medications for substance use problems
  • Relapse prevention
  • Relapse management
  • Strategies for balancing living
  • Measuring your progress