Maintenance


    How Are You Doing?

    How satisfied are you presently with these areas of your life? Print this chart and fill it in and save it, then return to this chart often to measure progress and adjust priorities.
    A brief questionnaire to identify where and when you may be more likely to use drugs or alcohol.

    Problem Solving

    Over time, many people's repertoires of coping and problem solving skills have narrowed to substance abuse as their single, over-generalized means of coping with problems. Others think they have good problem solving skills but, when confronted with a problem, are likely to act impulsively.

    An All-Purpose Coping Plan

    Remember that running into problems, even crises, is part of life and cannot always be avoided, but having a major problem is a time to be particularly careful about relapse.

    What Do You Do With Your Time?

    A blank chart of a week, with blocks of times to fill in to see how you use your time each day.

    Get a Life!

    Changing one unhealthy habit requires changing many lifestyle habits and developing a balanced overall life. This guide will help you identify areas of your life you need to change, the destination you want to achieve, and steps to reach that destination. A series of 3 charts with examples is followed by 3 blank charts to fill in yourself.

    Expressing and Owning Feelings

    All of us have annoying habits and we occasionally do things that upset our partners even if we don't mean to upset them. What do you do if you have a concern with a behavior or action of someone you have a relationship with?

    Having Fun

    What is fun? What are some barriers to having fun? What are some strategies to have more fun?

    Being Good Is Hard

    As scientists, we psychologists know very little about changing our values and little about how people become compassionate, generous, trustworthy, forgiving, and altruistic.


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