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Tables of Contents for Embracing Recovery from Chemical Dependency
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xi
 
CHAPTER ONE: Denial and Other Forms of Brain Trickery
1
34
Why People Use Drugs-The Brain's Mind-Body Connection
1
4
Addicts Have a Low Emotional IQ
2
1
Genetics, Environment, and the Luck of the Draw
3
2
Using This Workbook as a Tool for Clarity and Change
5
1
Description of an Addict
5
2
No One Wants to Be an Addict
7
9
Excuses, Secrets, Problems, and Consequences
16
15
Secrets and Lies
20
10
Additional Consequences
30
1
Breaking through Denial and Getting Help
31
3
Being Accountable
34
1
CHAPTER TWO: Understanding the Nature of Drug Addiction
35
20
My Love Affair with Drugs
37
1
What Is Addiction?
38
6
Why Do Some People Develop Addictions while Others Do Not?
44
11
CHAPTER THREE: Double Your Pleasure, Double Your Trouble: Combining Drugs and Behaviors
55
10
Complicating Matters-Combing Drugs with Behaviors
58
2
Further Complications-Other Disorders that Drug Use Temporarily Soothes
60
2
Your Addictive Cycle
62
3
CHAPTER FOUR: Embrace the Process
65
32
Impact on Relationships
79
5
Impact on One's Career
84
2
Impact on One's Soul
86
6
First-Order and Second-Order Change
92
1
Skills Needed for Each Kind of Change
93
1
Decision-Making Matrix
93
1
Process of Recovery over Time
94
3
CHAPTER FIVE: Damage to the Body from Drug Abuse
97
10
Damage to the Body and Mind
97
10
Alcohol
98
2
Opioids (Narcotics)
100
2
Cocaine and Amphetamines
102
1
Marijuana
103
1
Polydrug Abuse
104
1
Tobacco
105
2
CHAPTER SIX: Recognizing and Limiting Damage to Relationships, Career, and the Soul
107
32
Soul Damage
112
1
Completing a Damage-Control Plan
113
3
Damage-Control Worksheet
116
3
Damage-Control Worksheet
119
8
Damage by Disclosure-and by Nondisclosure
127
8
What Are My Secrets?
127
2
To Whom Should I Disclose?
129
3
How Much Should I Disclose?
132
2
When Should I Disclose?
134
1
Completing a Disclosure Plan
135
3
Developing a Press Release
138
1
CHAPTER SEVEN: Healing Relationships through Accountability
139
16
Establishing Agreements for Accountability
140
2
Cost of My Addiction
142
2
Victim Empathy
144
2
Forgiveness Takes Time
146
4
Steps to Forgiving
147
1
Steps to Asking for Forgiveness
148
2
Rebuilding Trust
150
1
Support Groups for Family Members
151
4
CHAPTER EIGHT: A New Plan
155
38
How People Change
156
7
Basic Recovery Skills
163
4
Authentic Self as Internal Motivation
167
3
Defining Your Own Sobriety
170
6
Abstinence
170
2
Sobriety
172
1
Recovery
173
3
Growing Your Authentic Self by Creating
Your Recovery Zone
176
1
Internal versus External Motivation
176
1
Keeping Life in Balance
177
5
Recording Your PCI
182
1
Interpretation and Use of the PCI
183
2
Seeking Professional Help
185
1
Taking Time to Think through Journaling
185
8
CHAPTER NINE: Creating Your Recovery Support Community
193
20
Developing Twelve-Step Support
193
3
Knowing the Signs of a Healthy Twelve-Step Group
196
2
Developing and Maintaining a Relationship with a Sponsor
198
1
Managing Conflicts between One's Relationship and Recovery Activities
199
3
Engaging in Service Activities with Others
202
2
Identifying a Sobriety Celebration Date
204
1
Alternative Support for Getting Sober
205
8
Charlotte Kasi's 14-Step Program
206
1
Women for Sobriety (WFS)
207
2
Rational Recovery (RR)
209
1
Self Management and Recovery Training (SMART)
209
1
Moderation Management (MM)
210
3
CHAPTER TEN: Relapse Prevention Planning
213
30
How Relapse Happens
213
1
Sobriety Challenges
214
7
Relapse-Prevention Tool Kit
221
22
CHAPTER ELEVEN: Maintaining Long-Term Recovery
243
14
What to Do If You Have a Slip or a Relapse
243
4
Relapse Autopsy
243
4
Increasing Your Levels of Care
247
2
Stages of Relapse and Recommended Action
247
2
Disclosing a Relapse
249
2
Disclosure-An Ongoing Process
251
1
List of Skills to Learn for Long-Term Recovery
252
5
APPENDIX A: Frequently Asked Questions on Drug Dependency, Treatment, and Recovery
257
10
APPENDIX B: Resources
Twelve-Step Programs-Contact Information
267
3
Twelve-Step Reading
270
1
Other Helpful Reading
270
1
Twelve Steps of Alcohol Anonymous
271
2
Thoughts-Feelings Journal
273