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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

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 3 part series by Earnie Larsen covering Building Self-Confidence, Overcoming Fear, and Dealing with Discouragement.

This new 2-part program consists of the following segments:

Part A The New Face of Courage
Part B Making Relationships Work Now

This film covers STD’s, including Hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, TB, smoking, accidents and other topics that result from alcohol and drug abuse. Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation contracts, please call for details.

A four part series filmed at the Richland Correctional Facility

Earn Continuing Education Units on courses authored by Dr. Nuckols at WWW.CEUMATRIX.COM.

Part Three: "Telling Your Story"

Dr. Nuckols explains how your past consists of the ingredients that make you who you are today. Breaking old patterns opens up new possibilities that will allow you to break away from old destructive behaviors. He discusses the importance of telling your story to help you understand where you came from and where you are now.