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worksheets .distress tolerance WorksHeet 16   (Distress Tolerance Handout 19)
reinforcing n onaddictive Behaviors
Due Date:       Name:                   Week Starting:  
Check off and describe each effort you made to replace addiction reinforcers  with abstinence 
reinforcers.
1. Searched for people to spend time with who aren’t addicted. Describe what you did and who 
you found.
   
   
2. Increased number of enjoyable, nonaddictive activities. Describe activities.
   
   
3. Sampled different groups and different activities. Describe what you did and what you found.
   
   
4. Took one or more action steps to build positive events to replace addiction. Describe.
   
   
Check off and describe your abstinence-  sampling  efforts.
5. Committed to     days of abstinence. (Stayed abstinent     days.)
Describe abstinence plan and how you implemented it. (See Distress Tolerance Worksheet 14.)
6. Observe and describe positive events that occurred when you were not  engaging in addictive 
behaviors.
nonaddictive activity positive events and consequences