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Potluck Relapse Prevention Sites

© De Williams

The longer I am sober this time, the more aware I am of how I take my sobriety for granted. Instead of wanting a drink, I think about other behaviors that are equally unhealthy. Maybe not as dangerous, but harmful all the same.

Does relapse “just happen?” Is it one minute your sober and the next you have a drink in your hand? If this describes your thought process, the articles on relapse atThe Stepcare Institute will give you something to think about. I agree that relapse prevention “begins by throughly understanding the problem and then dispelling many of the mistaken beliefs, myths and musunderstanding...” that surround it.

Are you wondering about drinking non-alcoholic beer and your sobriety? Check out the discussion at HeadDocs in The Mind Forum In my case, when I have indulged in NA beer, I get what I call a “pre-buzz.” I think that small amount of alcohol triggers the “allergy” and I want MORE!

Habit Smart presents an article on theMemory Model of Problem Drinking. The author talks about the idea that urges and loss of control are when we act upon the memories of our addicitive behaviors and the emotions we may be feeling. It makes a lot of sense to me. One of the hardest places for me to not smoke was while driving the car. I habitually lit up a cigarette when I started the car. So, putting the key in the ignition set off a chain of behaviors.

While we are on the subject of feelings, the Recovery.Org site in the UK has some great pages on "Living Drug Free". The authors talk about how drug abuse “provides a means of avoiding uncomforable emotions.” Here you can read up on developing a variety of “emotional skills.”

About 3/4ths of the way through an article by Roger H. Peters, Ph.D. at theCenter for Substance Abuse Treatment there is a list of “specific relapse prevention techniques.” These have been developed “within criminal justice settings.” While much of the article may be a “well, duh!” approach to us addicts, it does have some high points. There is an entire table of contents relating to articles about Substance-Abusing Offenders.

Healing Hopes also has a Relapse Prevention page. There is a comprehensive listing of automatic thoughts and “Adaptive Coping Responses.”

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