Lesson 23: Common Life Problems After Quitting or Rehab: Slide 18
What To Do If You
Have Relationship Problems
- Use unhappiness and anger in your relationships as cues to take action or seek counseling
- When drug and alcohol abuse end, relationships often need
renewal and healing
- After quitting or rehab, use your
improved communication skills and improved rational thinking, to talk with your partner about how the two of you will work together to improve your relationship and move ahead
- Make a plan with your partner on how you will accomplish your new relationship goals
Notes:
Pg. 192-197, “Cognitive Therapy of Substance Abuse,” Aaron T. Beck, Fred D. Wright, Corey F. Newman, Bruce S. Liese, The Guilford Press, New York, 1993
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