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This 38-minute introductory program teaches the viewer to turn former street skills into "street smarts" for staying clean and sober. Seven recovering addicts from urban neighborhoods who are now doing well describe the real situations they face every day-- and how they deal with them so that they don't pick up. They stress 8 essential skills:

* Accepting disappointments without resorting to drug use

* Coping with chronic stress

* Resisting the lure of "easy money"

* Avoiding going back to the old spot

* Resisting the pull of the street life

* Planning to handle offers

* Maintaining complete abstinence

* Using a support system.

This 38-minute program focuses on dealing with relationships when the client is in early recovery (and beyond). It teaches the viewer to anticipate and prepare for the challenging high-risk situations that come up with families, partners and children. Topics include:

* Coping with an unsupportive or dysfunctional family

* Avoiding the trap of rescuing others

* Avoiding new romantic involvements for the first year

* Men's ans women's issues in early recovery

* Dealing with the triggers involved in sex

* Issues related to safe and sober sex

* Dealing with guilt over past parenting mistakes

* Coping with the stress of parenting in recovery

Directed to everyone in treatment, this film identifies the common relapse precipitants and dramatically illustrates how specific " high risk" factors can be managed.

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