Self Management Tool Box

Addiction is like the tail wagging the dog, or person, with the tail being a habit that dominates the person's whole life. Addiction therapy concentrates on the tail - cutting it off in abstinence therapy, making it smaller in behavioral treatment. But the real task is for the person to build a life - body and soul - that can't be wagged by even a very powerful tail.

The "Tools" in this "Toolbox" have been organized for your convenience into different classifications. Sort of like going into a library and looking up information by either the author, title or the subject. The category Problems to Change offers tools for specific problems you want to change or fix. The Stages of Change area is based on the idea that you need different tools at different times in the change process.

And the Cornerstones of Change section is based on the idea that tools for changing behavior can be arranged according to the "Pyramid for Change" - the idea that environment, neurochemistry, feelings-moods, behavior, and thinking all interact with each other.