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The Bananas of Slip/Lapse/Relapse Prevention

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Slip, Lapse, Relapse – Aren’t These All the Same?! Resolving the Relapse Prevention Confusion through the Banana Peel Metaphor additional resources Here's a way of sorting out all of these slippery distinctions between "slip," "lapse," ...

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Take 12 Steps and Sit Down!

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

Additional Recovery Resources In my previous work as a clinical director of a drug and alcohol treatment program in a county jail and in my current outpatient work with substance use clients I continuously ...

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From Psychology of Disease to Psychology of Choice

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Addictive or compulsive behavior (whether it's substance use or overeating) is experienced as feeling un-free: a substance user feels compelled or driven to use. Compulsion is experienced as a state of being enslaved in a ...

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Who Ate My Happiness?

Friday, August 21st, 2009

A koan is a kind of question used as a training device in the Buddhist tradition, designed to help the aspirant attain a degree of clarity. I'm sure you've come across these zany questions before ...

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The Chocolate Question: Indulge on Quality, Not Quantity

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

Question: Hello, My name is K. C. and I am a journalism student. I am currently writing a piece on holiday chocolate purchases, and have discovered that, despite tight budgets from the economy, chocolate sales have increased ...

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Total Craving Control: Not All Craving Control Strategies Are Created Equal

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

Mindfulness, as a craving control method, involves two essential mechanisms: a certain kind of attention and dis-identification. Attention can be active or passive, that of an active observer and that of an uninvolved witness.