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Matrix Handbook for Stimulant Use Disorders
- By SAM HSA
- Published 07/16/2007
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SAM HSA
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is concerned with facilitating recovery for people with or at risk for mental or substance use disorders.
http://www.samhsa.gov/

NOTE - this is a list of contents in the original document for clients in a drug addiction treatment program.
Selected sections are published here, on the Addiction Info site.
For the complete handbook, see the original 112 page PDF document:
Client's Handbook: Matrix Intensive Outpatient Treatment for People with Stimulant Use Disorder
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Individual/Conjoint Session Handouts
IC 1—Sample Service Agreement and Consent . . . . . . . . . 3
IC 2A—Recovery Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
IC 2B—Relapse Analysis Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
IC 3A—Treatment Evaluation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
IC 3B—Continuing Treatment Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Early Recovery Skills Handouts
SCH 1—The Importance of Scheduling . . . . . . . . . . . 11
SCH 2—Daily/Hourly Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . 12
CAL 1—Marking Progress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
CAL 2—Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
ERS 1A—Triggers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
ERS 1B—Trigger–Thought–Craving–Use . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
ERS 1C—Thought-Stopping Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
ERS 2A—External Trigger Questionnaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
ERS 2B—External Trigger Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
ERS 3A—Internal Trigger Questionnaire . . . . . . . . 21
ERS 3B—Internal Trigger Chart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
ERS 4A—12-Step Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
ERS 4B—The Serenity Prayer and the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous . . 28
ERS 5—Roadmap for Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
ERS 6A—Five Common Challenges in Early Recovery . . . . . . . 32
ERS 6B—Alcohol Arguments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
ERS 7A—Thoughts, Emotions, and Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . 35
ERS 7B—Addictive Behavior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
ERS 8—12-Step Sayings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Relapse Prevention Handouts
RP 1—Alcohol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
RP 2—Boredom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
RP 3A—Avoiding Relapse Drift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
RP 3B—Mooring Lines Recovery Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
RP 4—Work and Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
RP 5—Guilt and Shame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
RP 6—Staying Busy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
RP 7—Motivation for Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
RP 8—Truthfulness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
RP 9—Total Abstinence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
RP 10—Sex and Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
RP 11—Anticipating and Preventing Relapse . . . . . . 58
RP 12—Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
RP 13—Be Smart, Not Strong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
RP 14—Defining Spirituality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
RP 15—Managing Life; Managing Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
RP 16—Relapse Justification I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
RP 17—Taking Care of Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
RP 18—Emotional Triggers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
RP 19—Illness . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
RP 20—Recognizing Stress. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
RP 21—Relapse Justification II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
RP 22—Reducing Stress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
RP 23—Managing Anger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
RP 24—Acceptance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
RP 25—Making New Friends. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
RP 26—Repairing Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
RP 27—Serenity Prayer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
RP 28—Compulsive Behaviors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
RP 29—Coping With Feelings and Depression. . . . . . . . . . 88
RP 30—12-Step Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
RP 31—Looking Forward; Managing Downtime . . . . . . . . . . 95
RP 32—One Day at a Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
RP 33—Drug Dreams During Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 100
RP Elective A—Client Status Review. . . . . . . . . . . . 101
RP Elective B—Holidays and Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
RP Elective C—Recreational Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105



