Overcoming Negative Thinking

Johnson Institute Recovery Series
Author: Dennis C. Daley, Ph.D.

Overcoming Negative Thinking offers strategies for changing negative beliefs about the self to positive ones.  It discusses some of the beliefs and patterns of thinking that have a profound effect on emotions, behaviors, and recovery from chemical dependence.

Excerpt:
In Recovery, especially in Twelve Step Programs, negative or self-destructive thinking is referred to as “stinking thinking.”  Some refer to this also as “addictive thinking,” implying that styles of thinking or certain faulty beliefs about yourself, your relationships, your dependence, your recovery, and the future can greatly interfere with your recovery and your overall satisfaction in life.”