The development of this program was supported by a grant from NIAAA. The program was developed by Dr. Reid Hester, a clinician and clinical researcher who has worked with clients and moderate drinking goals for 25 years.

  Does it work? The effectiveness of BSCPWIN has been supported by a randomized clinical trial with a 12 month follow-up (Hester & Delaney, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1997). Users, on average, reduced their drinking by 50% and maintained these reductions at the 12 month follow-up. The program is described below. Dr. Hester has generously donated this software to Moderation Managmement.

  NOTE: BSCPWIN is for Microsoft Windows computers only.
It is compatible with all flavors of Windows from Windows 9X to the latest version.
However, at this time we do not have a version compatible with Apple's Macintosh.

  NOTE to non-US Purchasers: BSCPWIN date functions use mm/dd/yy format
only. Users who have a different date format than mm/dd/yy should reset their system
date format each time to this setting before they launch the program.
(Otherwise the self-monitoring cards come up blank.)

BSCPWIN: What it is and how it works
by Reid K. Hester, Ph.D.

   This interactive program helps you learn how to moderate your drinking in 8 sessions. Based on scientific research on moderate drinking, it helps you learn the essential elements you need to achieve moderate drinking.

     BSCPWIN uses the protocol in the book: "How to Control Your Drinking"
Sessions include:

• An assessment of your chances for success with moderation
• Setting up a system of rewards to keep you motivated
• Goal setting and self-monitoring
• Discovering events that trigger drinking
• Graphical feedback comparing your self-monitoring and progress to your goals
• Learning to deal with social pressures to drink
• Techniques to keep you from relapsing into old patterns
• And even a graduation!

To install BSCPWIN, click on the file you've downloaded and it'll run the setup from there. Please disregard the message saying that the self-extracting file is not registered for distribution. The self-extracting program has been registered but was not recompiled to insure that the download is as compact as possible.

Once the program is installed, navigate to the C:\BSCPWIN subdirectory and open the smcards.doc, preferrably with Word, and print off a page of the self-monitoring cards. Keep one copy as a master from which to make multiple copies. Then cut up the self monitoring card pages so that there is one card on each.

The registration wizard will get you going in the program. Just put your initials and date of birth in the logon dialog box and it’ll take you from there.

If you have difficulties with the program after entering self-monitoring data when you start to get feedback, it's usually a function of the date format in your PC's settings. Open Control Panel, Regional Settings, then click on the Date tab. Make sure that the short date format option has a 4 digit year (e.g., mm/dd/yyyy). Click OK to apply, then restart BSCPWIN. Go to your self-monitoring cards and re-enter the dates for the cards you've already entered. That will take care of the problem and you'll be able to enter new self-monitoring dates without trouble.

If the program seems small on your monitor it's because it was designed for a 17" monitor running at 800x600.

The manual for the program is contained entirely within the Help files.
If you have any questions, please look there first. Email support has been offered by Dr. Reid Hester.Questions about using the BSCPWIN software can be sent via Email. Dr. Hester's website can be reached here.

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