Online I found this last use inventory. It’s called Last Use The 3 Ps. The 3 Ps refers to Play-mates, Play-grounds, and Play-things.
The idea behind this “last use inventory” is that if an individual relapses, they then fill out this form to better understand WHY they relapsed.
I’m posting this here because I personally want to have a record of it on this website to allow easy access. Additionally, other addicts might find it useful. It seems to me personally that this could be damn useful for self-understanding whether you’re clean or in the active addiction of a relapse. I’d go so far as to say that some of the questions on here could be self-enlightening for anyone. Particularly the section about “unmanageablitlity.”
I’m going to print this out and complete it. I left spaces in the formatting so there’s room to write in your answers if you want to also print it out and give this a try. I think it will help me to get a better understanding of my addiction.
Last Use Inventory
We used because we believed certain things would happen or NOT happen. The following inventory will help identify those desires.
What I wanted to happen: (fill in the blanks)
On [date: __________ ], after [number of days:_________] of being clean, I used
[how much: ___________________] of [what:____________________]
because I thought it would give me these things that I wanted:
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How did I score on getting what I wanted?
Review your list. For each item write down the extent to which you actually got what you wanted.
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What ELSE happened that WASN’T on my desire list?
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So, why did YOU come back, or why are you here?
Make a list of the conditions under which it will be OK for you to use again.
Can you use again safely when:
a) You have 6 months clean? Y N
b) If “He/She” comes back? Y N
c) If the job is working fine, or you get that dream job? Y N
d) If you have completed all those court sentenced NA meetings? Y N
e) If you have been to the gym and are in great shape? Y N
f) If your doctor says you are healthy? Y N
g) Your friend is killed in an accident, and you need some relief? Y N
h)…..? ______________________________________________ Y N
The Three P’s-
Play-mates, Play-grounds, and Play-things
While using, we learned new behaviors, met new people, and went to new places.
These people, places, and things had become our USING LIFE.
Make an inventory of those people, places, and things that DO NOT SUPPORT YOU in
your staying clean, and HOW THEY CAN HELP YOU TO USE AGAIN:
PLAYMATES: (Any Living Person)
PERSON HOW THEY CAN HELP ME TO USE AGAIN
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PLAYGROUNDS: (Any Place)
PLACE HOW IT CAN HELP ME TO USE AGAIN
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PLAYTHINGS: (Any Material Thing or Activity)
THING HOW IT CAN HELP ME TO USE AGAIN
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Now that we are clean, we are learning new behaviors, meeting new people, and going to new places. These people, places, and things have now become our NEW life.
Make an inventory of those people, places, and things that SUPPORT YOU in staying
clean, and WHAT YOU KNOW THEY ARE WILLING TO DO TO HELP YOU:
PLAYMATES: (Any Living Person)
PERSON HOW THEY HELP ME STAY CLEAN
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PLACE HOW IT HELPS ME STAY CLEAN
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PLAYTHINGS: (Any Material Thing or Activity)
THING HOW IT HELPS ME STAY CLEAN
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Complaints Inventory
Unmanageability is best seen as the unsolvable problems that exist in our lives. These
problems have at their root a complaint or fixed idea about how life SHOULD or
SHOULDN’T be. The average person usually has (8) persistent complaints about life at
all times in their life. Over time, these complaints change, or evolve, into other
complaints but the universal experience is to have (8) at all times. To qualify as a
complaint, the sentence, once formed must contain one of the following “complaint
words”: Should, Should’ve, Shouldn’t, Can’t, Always, Never, They, and Them. This
word is followed by a “Because” statement.
STRUCTURE: COMPLAINT WORD + BECAUSE STATEMENT= COMPLAINT
Here are some examples of Complaint Statements:
I can NEVER trust anyone again BECAUSE everyone lies. I ALWAYS get hurt BECAUSE no one loves me. I SHOULD
be able to handle my drug use BECAUSE I am not like everyone else in these rooms. I SHOULDN’T have to pay so
much child support BECAUSE she doesn’t even spend the money on the kids. I SHOULD’VE finished High School
BECAUSE I can’t get a good job without a diploma. I NEVER catch a break BECAUSE I am cursed. THEY don’t like
me BECAUSE I don’t like rap music. I went to jail BECAUSE of THEM.
List your (8) complaints in single sentences containing the following:
My complaints are as follows:
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Which of my complaints will be removed or alleviated if I use?
What good can come of my using?
What will really happen to me and others if I do use again?
What good reasons do I have to believe my answers?
Do I wish to avoid the next opportunity to use?
What am I grateful for today?
Is that the best you can do? Come up with five (5) more……
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