Two behavior modification techniques to help a client reduce their urge to use the drug methamphetamine are distancing and delayed reinforcement. First, distancing is when an individual avoids the incentives that normally generates the unwanted response. In this case, to help my client reduce their urge I would tell him or her to avoid what triggers the undesirable response, such as certain friends and/or family members who use the drug or previous common environments. It has been said that if the discriminative stimulus is not present then the response (R) may not be triggered whatsoever. Additionally, delayed reinforcement is when an addict experiences an urge to do something, but they impose a fixed delay before giving in to that urge. With
