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Exercise No. 17: Identifying High-Risk Situations

Purpose. This exercise will help you see the kinds of things that trigger your warning signs. These are called high-risk situations. By knowing what these high-risk situations are, you can learn to avoid them or handle them better.

Instructions. Reread Exercise No. 14—Final Warning Sign List. Write down the high-risk situation that triggers your warning signs. This should be your first warning sign.

1. High-Risk Situation:

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2. Think about times in the past when your final list of warning signs was triggered. Describe different high-risk situations that caused this. Describe what was going on and how you thought, felt, and acted.

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   2. High-Risk Situation:

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   3. High-Risk Situation:

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   4. High-Risk Situation:

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3. Combined High-Risk Situations. List below anything that happens in more than one of your high-risk situations.

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4. Go back to Exercise No. 7—Life History Summary. Copy sections 9, 10, 11, and 12 below.

   (9) The three main things I used to believe alcohol or drugs would help me do or become in my life are . . .

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   (10) The three main thoughts about myself and others that I have used alcohol or drugs to cope with are . . .

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   (11) The three main feelings that I have used alcohol or drugs to cope with are . . .

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   (12) The three main problems or situations that I used alcohol or drugs to cope with are . . .

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5. Critical High-Risk Situations: Are any of the above problems or situations (9, 10, 11, or 12) similar to the combined high-risk situations you listed in no. 3? If they are, write them below and give each one a short title (summary title) that will help you to remember it.

   1. A. Critical High-Risk Situation

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   4. D. Critical High-Risk Situation

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