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Part of the Relapse Prevention Workbook for Chemically Dependent Criminal Offenders

Exercise No. 18: Identification of Core Beliefs

Purpose. This exercise will help you to understand why you react to the high-risk situation the way you do. Usually this is because you believe things are a certain way when they really are not. You must be willing to consider that the way you believe things are might be wrong.

Instructions. Make four copies of this exercise. Take each of the critical high-risk situations from Exercise No. 17, part 5, and list it on one of these worksheets. Answer the following questions and follow the directions about each one.

Summary Title of Critical High-Risk Situation
Critical High-Risk Situation ____________. Describe how this situation happened in the past. Include your thoughts, feelings, and actions.
Read the description you wrote above. Close your eyes, breathe deeply, and try to picture yourself there. Say the following sentence over and over, and write a new ending each time: "When I am in this situation I believe . . ."