ing and willing hands are two ways to accept reality with your body. This handout 
describes how to practice each skill. Distress Tolerance Handout 14a: Practicing Half-  Smiling and Willing Hands  describes several specific ways to practice these 
skills. Practice of these skills can be tracked on either Distress Tolerance Work -
sheet 11: Half-  Smiling and Willing Hands  or 11a: Practicing Half-  Smiling and 
Willing Hands.  The two worksheets are similar, but Worksheet 11 requires more  
writing.
••Distress Tolerance Handout 15: Mindfulness of Current Thoughts. Mind -
fulness of current thoughts is observing thoughts as thoughts, as sensations of the 
brain, rather than as facts about the world. You simply let thoughts come and go— 
noticing them, but not trying to control or change them. Observing thoughts is 
similar to observing any other behavior. Handout 15 describes this skill. Distress Tolerance Handout 15a: Practicing Mindfulness of Thoughts lists examples of how to practice this skill. To record practice, you can use either of two worksheets— Dis-
tress Tolerance Worksheet 12: Mindfulness of Current Thoughts or Distress Toler -
ance Worksheet 12a: Practicing Mindfulness of Thoughts.
Skills When the Crisis Is Addiction
••Distress Tolerance Handout 16: Overview: When the Crisis Is Addiction. The 
skills in this special part of the module are specifically designed for dealing with