Addiction Recovery Tools

As a young man, Bob served two years in Virginia and North Carolina as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Afterwards he continued his studies at the University of Utah, where he majored in sociology and philosophy, receiving his bachelor′s degree in 1958. There he met the love of his life, Carol Jean Cook, who was Bob’s right arm throughout his distinguished career at UCLA. Bob and Carol Jean were married in May of 1958. Bob then served in the Army and earned a master′s degree from the University of Utah in 1959, followed by a Ph.D. in sociology from Washington State University in 1964. He and Carol Jean lived in Washington, Iowa (Iowa State University), and North Carolina (Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University), before settling in the Los Angeles area, where they raised their seven children. In 1970 Bob joined the faculty in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA and the Neuropsychiatric Institute, now the Jane and Terry Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behavior. For 35 years he conducted research, published articles and books, served in administrative and service capacities (including the IRB Committee), taught classes, and provided marriage, family, and grief counseling.

• PART ONE: MOTIVATIONAL TOOLSMotivational Intervention - Ed StortiThe Only Failure Is the Failure to ActMotivational Interviewing - David B Rosengren and Christopher C WagnerDancing, Not WrestlingComputer-Assisted Interventions - Christopher P RiceMouse as Co-TherapistPART TWO: MEDICAL-PHARMACEUTICAL TOOLSDetoxification - David E Smith and Richard SeymourOpening the Window of Opportunity to RecoveryMedications - Douglas Ziedonis and Jonathan KrejciOne Tool in the ToolboxDisease Orientation - Norman S MillerTaking Away Blame and Shame Drug Testing - Tom MieczkowskiA Review of Drug Tests in Clinical SettingsPART THREE: COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL TOOLSRecovery Contracts - G Douglas Talbott and Linda R CrosbySeven Key ElementsContingency-Management - Alan J Budney, Stacey C Sigmon and Stephen T HigginsUsing Science to Motivate ChangeCue Exposure Treatment - Cynthia A Conklin and Stephen T TiffanyNew Thoughts about an Old TherapyAffect-Regulation Coping-Skills Training - Raymond L Scott, Marc F Kern and Robert H CoombsManaging Moods without DrugsPART FOUR: PSYCHOSOCIAL TOOLSLifestyle Planning and Monitoring - Fred ZackonReadiness, Guidance and GrowthIndividual Therapy - Joan E ZwebenAccomplishing the Tasks of RecoveryGroup Therapy - Arnold M WashtonA Clinician′s Guide to Doing What WorksPeer Support - Linda Farris KurtzKey to Maintaining RecoveryFamily Treatment - Joyce Schmid and Stephanie BrownStage-Appropriate Psychotherapy for the Addicted FamilyPART FIVE: HOLISTIC TOOLSNutritional Counseling - Joseph D BeasleyHow to Get the Big HighMediation - Carol A Snarr, Patricia A Norris and Steven L FahrionThe Path to Recovery through Inner WisdomSpirituality Enhancement - Robert J KusFrom Distilled Spirits to Instilled SpiritAcupuncture - Michael O Smith and Kathryn P WhiteA Venerable Nonverbal TherapyPART SIX: UsING RECOVERY TOOLS IN VARIOUS SETTINGS AND PROGRAMSHarm Reduction Programs - Arthur W Blume et alProgess Rather Than PerfectionMatching Clients with Recovery Tools - Reid Hester and Theresa MoyersFinding the Right Keys to Unlock the Door