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Relapse Prevention Training: Theatre of Relapse

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

Stimulus avoidance (the “people, places, and things” strategy) can get you only so far. Complete relapse prevention training involves the kind of preparation that takes the “improv” element out of your problem-solving. Sponsors are nice, ...

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Rumination Lullaby: Mind River is Self-Cleaning

Monday, October 12th, 2009

Mind is an information-processing system. As such, it is in the business of digestion - and, not unlike your stomach, sometimes it chokes up on spice of life... Say, something happened - and now ...

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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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When You Eat Without Awareness Does Food Have a Taste?

Tuesday, August 18th, 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.