Title: Emotional Regulation Skills and Substance Use Disorders: Using CBT and DBT to Improve Coping Skills and Conquer Negative Thoughts, Manage Emotions, and Aggressive Behavior
Publisher: Independently published
Publication Date: 2026
Language: English
ISBN 13: 9798248434138
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New
Dimensions: 0.91 centimeters width by 21.59 centimeters height by 27.94 centimeters depth

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Struggling With Intense Emotions in Recovery?

Recovery is not just about avoiding drugs and alcohol. It’s also a time for learning how to handle overwhelming thoughts and strong feelings like anger, shame, and anxiety without turning back to substances.

If you are in early recovery and working to rebuild your life after alcohol or drug use, this workbook gives you practical tools you can use right now.

No lectures. Just real skills that work.

Built on Proven CBT & DBT Techniques
This book combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) strategies used in treatment centers, IOP programs, and sober living environments across the country.

Inside you will learn how to:

Identify emotional triggers before they lead to relapse
Challenge negative thought patterns that fuel shame and self-doubt
Reduce aggressive reactions and impulsive behavior
Manage anger in healthy, controlled ways
Build distress tolerance when cravings or intense emotions hit
Strengthen coping skills for real-life situations
Develop emotional awareness and self-control
Replace self-sabotage with skillful responses

What Makes This Workbook Different?
Most recovery books focus only on sobriety. This one focuses on the emotional skills that make sobriety sustainable.

Designed specifically for young adults, this workbook:
• Uses clear, relatable language
• Includes guided exercises and reflection worksheets
• Offers structured CBT thought-reframing tools
• Teaches DBT emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills
• Addresses aggression, impulsivity, and high-risk behaviors
• Works for individual study or group therapy settings

Who This Book Is For
This workbook is ideal for:

Anyone working through anger, shame, or emotional instability in sobriety
Individuals in outpatient or intensive outpatient treatment
Sober living residents
College recovery programs
Court-mandated recovery programs

Recovery Requires More Than Willpower
Substance use often becomes a way to escape painful emotions.
When those substances are removed, the emotions don’t disappear—they get louder.
This book helps you:

Understand your emotional patterns
Slow down reactive behavior
Replace destructive coping with skill-based responses
Build confidence in handling life without substances

Workbook Features

Structured CBT and DBT exercises
Reflection prompts
Skill-building worksheets
Emotional awareness assessments
Practical daily coping strategies
Relapse-prevention integration

Start Building Emotional Strength Today
Recovery isn’t about being perfect. It’s about learning new skills.
If you’re ready to strengthen your coping abilities, manage difficult emotions, and create lasting change, this workbook is your step-by-step guide.
Scroll up and click “Add to Cart” to start building the emotional skills that support long-term recovery.

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