I don't bother trying to kill drama...just keeps me engaged with it. I'm more of a pull the plug on it sort of person, stop feeding it. Like any fire, take away the fuel, the heat or the O2 and it dies pretty quickly.
When I first got into recovery I made a little note that I have stuck to the dashboard of my care "This time lets try it without the drama!"
I have found that for me those are literally words to live by.