Main description:

Managing Your Substance Use Disorder: Client Workbook is an interactive recovery guide that engages readers who have a substance use disorder in an active process of learning strategies to manage the daily challenges of sobriety and recovery and to reduce the risk of lapse and relapse. Designed to accompany Managing Substance Use Disorder: Practitioner Guide, this Workbook provides detailed information about substances of use,
reader-friendly checklists, and engaging activities in order to personalize the reader's recovery plan. The book then reviews current trends in substance use and disorders, causes and effects of these disorders, substance related disorders, treatment approaches (medications and psychosocial), mutual support programs, and the impact of
substance use on the family and concerned significant others, and integrates the best scientifically-supported interventions with the authors' extensive experiences as scientist-clinicians. This Workbook addresses the most common challenges faced by individuals with substance use disorders, such as managing cravings, resisting social pressures to use, coping with negative emotions and moods, building a social support network, involving family or concerned significant others, and reducing
lapse and relapse risk.

Contents:

Overview of Substance Use Problems and Assessment

Chapter 1: Introduction and Plan for This Workbook

Chapter 2: Recognizing Your Substance Use Problem

Chapter 3: Recognizing Consequences of Your Substance Use

Change Issues and Strategies

Chapter 4: Treatment Settings for Substance Use Problems

Chapter 5: Stages of Change

Chapter 6: How to Use Therapy or Counseling

Chapter 7: Overview of Goal Planning

Chapter 8: Managing Cravings and Urges to Use Substances

Chapter 9: Managing Thoughts of Using Substances

Chapter 10: Managing Emotions

Chapter 11: Refusing Offers to Use Substances

Chapter 12: Dealing With Family and Interpersonal Problems

Chapter 13: Building a Recovery Support System

Chapter 14: Mutual Support Programs and Recovery Clubs

Chapter 15: Medications for Substance Use Disorders

Relapse Prevention, Progress Measurement, and Co-occurring Psychiatric Disorders

Chapter 16: Relapse Prevention: Reducing the Risk of Relapse

Chapter 17: Relapse Management: What to Do if You Lapse or Relapse

Chapter 18: Strategies for Balanced Living

Chapter 19: Measuring Your Progress

Chapter 20: Managing a Co-occurring Psychiatric Disorder

Appendix

References and Suggested Readings

About the Authors