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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

Overcoming Errors in Thinking Parts I, II, III Research shows that most people who are released from jails and prisons have the most problems in the first year. Those problems are mainly in three areas:

(1) the pressure of not finding or not keeping a job
(2) personal conflicts with family and others
(3) the temptation, or actual use, of alcohol or other drugs

This series looks at the problems we have created for ourselves throughout our lives, and that we face immediately upon release.

This 38-minute program focuses on long-term recovery goals related to work, money, school and recreation. It shows how building a satisfying, well-rounded life is the best relapse prevention. Also illustrated are the relapse traps clients run into when dealing with work, money, school and recreation--and how to overcome them. The main teaching points include:

* The importance of getting and keeping work

 * Strategies for coping with relapse traps on job

 * Dealing with financial stress and money management

 * Furthering education (examples from acquiring literacy to going to college)

* Service: Giving back to the community

* Having fun clean and sober

* Reclaiming long-term dreams