{"id":15464,"date":"2015-10-07T00:40:01","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T00:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartrecoverybc.com\/?page_id=15464"},"modified":"2015-10-07T00:41:37","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T00:41:37","slug":"backward-steps-to-addictive-behavior","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/smartrecoverybc.com\/index.php\/resources\/tool-chest-and-homework\/backward-steps-to-addictive-behavior.html","title":{"rendered":"Backward Steps to Addictive Behavior"},"content":{"rendered":"

Backward Steps to Addictive Behaviour<\/h1>\n

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\"backwards<\/strong>Just as recovery is a process<\/em> and not an event<\/em>, so is relapse. As a part of your relapse prevention plan, cultivate your awareness of these common backward steps toward addictive behavior.<\/p>\n

TRIGGERS<\/strong> – External, interpersonal, and intrapersonal.
\nWhich areas are the riskiest for you?
\nWhich do you have the most difficulty combating?
\nRate each category from 0-10 (where 10 is the riskiest or most difficult).<\/p>\n

a.____ Conditioned responses in certain settings
\nb.____ Unpleasant emotions
\nc.____ Unpleasant physical sensations
\nd.____ Pleasant emotions
\ne.____ Pressure from others
\nf. ____ Conflict with others
\ng.____ Socializing
\nh.____ Testing personal control<\/p>\n

IMAGINING\/FANTASIZING<\/strong> – Start to imagine what it would be like to… how you would feel, how you would think and act … then…<\/p>\n


\nUNHELPFUL THINKING<\/strong> – Irrational beliefs, cognitive distortions, and rationalizations that you used to convince yourself to take the backward step.<\/p>\n

a.___ Negative exaggeration; awfulizing; catastrophizing.
\nb.___ Self-downing \/ self denigration.
\nc.___ Rationalizations:
\n“It won’t really matter.”
\n“I deserve it.”
\n“I will only have one.”
\n“It’s been a long time.”
\nd.___ Low frustration tolerance (LFT):
\n“I can’t stand it.”
\n“It’s awful.”
\ne.___ The Tyranny of the Shoulds:
\n“It shouldn’t be so hard.”
\n“I shouldn’t have this problem.”
\n“S\/he shouldn’t speak to me that way.”
\n“The world stinks, and it shouldn’t!”<\/p>\n

PLANNING<\/strong>
\n– “I’ll just go down to the store and buy a bottle.”
\n– “I’ll finish this project and then go to the bar.”
\n– “I’ll take some money out of my other account.”
\n– \u00a0Others:_____________________________________________________<\/p>\n

ACTING<\/strong> – Behaviors that lead to UNDESIRABLE OUTCOMES (list them)<\/p>\n

Teach yourself how to respond at each step. Even though it gets harder to intervene at each step along the way, it can be done. Practice rehearsing relapse preventive self-talk in SMART Recovery group meetings (role-playing is an excellent exercise), out loud at home, into a tape recorder, or in writing.<\/p>\n

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