Addiction-Free Pain Management: The Relapse Prevention Counseling Workbook - Softcover

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Breakthrough in concurrent treatment of chronic pain AND addiction let me start by stating that as one of the authors of this book I am biased. However, this is a client workbook that has been field tested in several different treatment settings and has proven to be very effective. This is a relapse prevention approach based on Terence Gorski's 30 years of relapse prevention expertise and over a decade of private practice and research by Stephen Grinstead in the area of


Helping people manage chronic pain without experiencing the negative consequences of chemical dependency.



This workbook is designed for people with pain who require treatment that could include using addictive chemicals. Some of may be in recovery from chemical dependency and have pain conditions or injuries that require treatment, but want to avoid relapse. Others may not be in recovery, but have chronic pain and want to avoid becoming chemically dependent. Still others are in chronic pain, leading to either abusing or becoming dependent on pain medication, and as a result experiencing problems. The primary goal of completing this workbook is for people to learn how to develop skills that will prevent sabotaging an effective pain management program, while at the same time learning to avoid addiction problems or a destructive pattern of relapse. Relapse includes ineffective pain management and/or abuse of problematic pain medication. While total abstinence from any addictive medication (including alcohol) is the ultimate goal, in special cases some people may need to be on medication that could put their recovery at risk. This should only be done under the supervision of an addiction medicine practitioner/specialist.



By completing this workbook people will learn effective recovery skills by identifying and managing personal High Risk Situations (HRS) that lead to ineffective pain management or problematic use of pain medication.

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