next is anticipating high-risk situations for relap. we've done many studies on triggers for relapse. what causes people to go off the wagon? some deal with what's going on in the immediate situation when they first go off the won. some are general life style issues. i'always able tostayff drugs for a certain amount of time. i was always good for 3o days, but it was the 31st day that was really a killer. i tried na and aa. as a matter of fact, i did na one time for 4o days, but the 41st day, i just... the high-risk situations-- these are the triggers that throw people off-course-- are negative-feeling states, again anger, anxiety, um...depression, dysphoric states that the person in the past has used the drugs or substances as aay of coping with, are going to be high-risk triggers for relapse. the person's looking for the same old relief that they got in the past. besides helping substance abusers deal with the ups and downs of recovery, dr. marlatt and his team focus on prevention with special attentiono those crucial rmative year of c