Lesson 8: Managing Internal Causes Of Relapse - Slide  18

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Action Comes Before Motivation And Action Increases Motivation

  • Exercise every day to improve health and attitude
  • Use relaxation techniques every day to reduce stress
  • Improve nutrition at every meal to improve health
  • Increase relapse prevention knowledge at every group and assignment opportunity to increase your self-efficacy
  • Assist others (non-using friends and family) to increase your self-esteem
  • Create lifestyle balance by adding positives to every day to improve your attitude toward yourself and your future
Notes:

Pg. 21-29, “Motivational Interviewing, Preparing People to Change Addictive Behavior,” William R. Miller and Stephen Rollick, The Guilford Press, New York, 1991

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