Lesson 13: Self Control And Relapse Prevention - Slide  10

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Example: Reasons For Behaving Well

  • I remain faithful to my partner, not because I feel I have to, but because I want to be the kind of person who doesn’t cheat
  • I do it for myself
  • Years pass and I find out my partner was cheating on me
  • I feel devastated but I do not feel I wasted my fidelity
  • All along I was being the kind of person I wanted to be
  • If I enter another relationship, I can truthfully say I was always faithful to a person who ultimately cheated on me
  • I couldn’t control my partner’s behavior, but I could control mine and I did!
  • Do clear personal reasons for our behavior help us cope when unexpected things happen? What are your answers ?
Notes:

Pg. 91, ”Bad for Us, The Lure of Self-Harm,” John Portmann, Beacon Press, Boston, 2004.

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