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Trap Detector

Rate how well the following statements describe your relationship with the incentive:

  1. Statement is no more true for me than for the average person
  2. Statement is more true for me than for the average person
  3. Statement is much more true for me than for the average person

A. ___ I have little desire for the incentive when it is not around, but when it is nearby [available] I can’t resist it.

B. ___ Forbidding me to use an incentive increases my desire to use it.

C. ___ If I knew I could get away with it, I would certainly lapse

D. ___ I sometimes lapse without having made a conscious decision to do so.

E. ___ Even though I realize I am about to lapse I may not exert the effort to prevent it.

F. ___ When I review my history I see that I often follow a predictable sequence that leads to relapse  

G. ___ My emotional reactions often make things worse and increase the likelihood of relapse.

H. ___ I perform better when I am not being evaluated by myself or others.

I. ___ Encountering certain individuals or circumstance would dramatically increase my risk of relapse.

J. ___ Once I start thinking about the incentive I can’t get it out of my mind until I finally give in and relapse.

K. ___ Alcohol intoxication is a trigger for relapse.

L. ___ I feel that it is unfair that others get to use the incentive yet I cannot.

M. ___When I go for a period of time without engaging the incentive I experience withdrawal symptoms.