Lesson 29: Alcohol and You - Slide 15
Relapse Prevention Skills
For Alcohol Abstinence:
- 4. Manage negative thinking which is a high risk for drinking:
- Recognize types of negative thinking
habits that occur automatically
- Learn thought stopping and
substituting positive thoughts or
feelings such as taught in
“The Relaxation and Stress Management Workbook”
- Learn and use positive self-talk
- Learn to manage negative moods or depression
- Use thinking restructuring skills taught in
“The Feeling Good Handbook”
Notes:
Pg. 75, “ Relapse Prevention, Maintenance Strategies In The Treatment of Addictive Behaviors, Second Edition” G. Alan Marlatt and Dennis M. Donovan, editors, The Guilford press, New York, 2005.
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