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Part of the Relapse Prevention Workbook for
Chemically Dependent Criminal Offenders
Exercise No. 2: Reasons for Relapse
Purpose. This exercise will show you why you have trouble
with recovery. By knowing this, you will know more about what
you need to change.
When someone is having trouble staying sober and clean, it is
because that person is having trouble with one of four major areas
of recovery:
- Acceptance of their disease: People who are having
trouble accepting their disease believe they can still use alcohol
or drugs and learn to control their use.
- Unable to stabilize: Every time they try to stop using,
they become sick, feel crazy, or cannot think about anything except
drugs or alcohol. Therefore, they use alcohol or drugs to feel
better.
- Cannot get comfortable being sober: When they stop
using, they do not know how to change the way they live so they
can enjoy sobriety.
- Relapse: They get sober and clean, they attend AA
or NA meetings and enjoy sobriety, but then something happens,
and they become unhappy and start to use again.
Instructions. Answer the following questions.
| True | False |
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- I believe that I can learn to drink or use drugs and control my use so that it will not hurt me.
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| ____ | ____ |
- I know that I should not use alcohol or drugs at all, but every time I try to quit, I get sick and feel crazy, so I use alcohol or drugs to feel better.
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| ____ | ____ |
- I know I cannot use alcohol or drugs, but when I quit for a while, I always end up using again.
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| ____ | ____ |
- I know I cannot use alcohol or drugs, and I attend AA or NA and do everything I can to stay sober and clean. Sometimes I get very happy in recovery, but I still end up using again.
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Notice if your above answers change as you complete the next exercise.
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