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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.

A Better Way is a video presentation hosted by the powerful Danny Trejo.

Part 1: Responsibility: Guides inmates to understand they are responsible for where they are.

This 40-minute program focuses on coping with the various powerful emotions that come up in early recovery ( and throughout life)--without drugs or alcohol. It teaches the viewer to anticipate and prepare for " emotional danger zones." Topics include:

* Specific tools for dealing with feelings, such as

--"Sit through them" without using

--Get the feelings out: talk, cry, write, find some physical release

-- Find ways to clam and soothe yourself

* Specific emotional "dangerzones," with examples of how to cope with each:

-- Anger

-- Feelings related to racism and discrimination

-- Shame

-- Feelings related to past abuse

-- Guilt

-- Self-pity

-- Feelings stemming from chronic illness, such as HIV

Part 7: Criminogenic Needs Domains:  Personal/Emotional Orientation Control of one’s life; it includes decision-making, coping with stress, and mental health Cooperation

Part 6: Criminogenic Needs Domains: Community Functioning Knowledge and necessary skills for daily living; it includes residence, health, personal budgeting, leisure activities and the use of social services Gregariousness

Part 4: Criminogenic Needs Domains:  Association/Social Interaction Non-criminal associates and the opportunity for positive interaction Friendship

Part 5:  Criminogenic Needs Domains: Substance Abuse Living without reliance on alcohol and/or drugs Intimacy

Part 8: Criminogenic Needs Domains:  Attitude Living in law-abiding ways Trust