PSYCH 127A Chapter Notes - Chapter 11.11: Relapse Prevention, Problem Solving, Social Skills
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Recognize and accept personal weaknesses, making amends. Assume that people cannot recover on their own. Regular attendance as often as every day for first 90 days after abstaining. Opportunity to talk with others who have similar problems and do something other than drink. Survival rates (continued sobriety) much higher for those who remain in aa. ~80% of aa members who have remained sober for 2-5 years will remain sober in the next year. Heavy drinking viewed as a learned, maladaptive response that some people use to cope with difficult problems or to reduce anxiety. Identify and respond more appropriately to circumstances that regular precipitate drug abuse. Social skills - resist pressures to drink heavily. Problem solving - identify situations that lead to heavy drinking and formulate alternative course of action. Focus on factors that initiate and maintain problem drinking rather than the act of drinking itself. Challenge expectations about the effects of alcohol.
