Lesson 8: Managing Internal Causes Of Relapse - Slide 28





Managing Emotional States
- People then use more drugs and alcohol to improve their negative emotional states that result from using drugs and alcohol
- But continued drug use results in even more negative emotional states
- This is a vicious circle!
Notes:
Pg. 15-17, “Relapse Prevention Maintenance Strategies in the Treatment of Addictive Behaviours”, 2nd Edition, Edited by G. Alan Marlatt and Dennis M. Donovan, Guilford Press, New York, 2005