skillful  behavior to head off the 
problem behavior. What key links were most important in leading to the problem behavior? (In other words, if you had eliminated these behaviors, the problem behavior probably would not 
have happened.)
A. Go back to the chain of behaviors following the prompting event. Circle each link where, if 
you had done something different, you would have avoided the problem behavior.
B. What could you have done differently at each link in the chain of events to avoid the problem behavior? What coping behaviors or skillful behaviors could you have used?
7. Describe in detail a prevenT ion ST raTeGy for how you could have kept the chain from 
starting by reducing your vulnerability to the chain.
8. Describe what you are going to do to repair  important or significant consequences of the 
problem behavior.
A. Analyze: What did you really harm? What was the negative consequence you can repair?
B. Look at the harm or distress you actually caused others, and the harm or distress you 
caused yourself. Repair what you damaged. (Don’t bring flowers to repair a window you broke: fix the window! Repair a betrayal of trust by being very trustworthy long enough to fit the betrayal, rather than trying to fix it with love letters and constant apologies. Repair failure 
by succeeding, not by berating yourself.)