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hesh - yup those are definitely the symptoms of cravings! good news is THEY PASS. bad news is they sometimes come back. it's just part of the gig.........the more time away from the dope, the less they bother ya.
somewhere once i stumbled upon this great article that talked about certain points on the recovery scale when cravings and urges were more likely to occur. i'll see if i can unearth that some day....
couple of helpful hints.....try to find anything else to do with your hands and body, rather than just sit there. clean, alphabetize the cd's, do some pushups...something physical that doesn't require a lot of serious brain power......deep slow breaths, in thru the nose, out thru mouth.......tell yourself it's just a thing, it WILL pass.......call a trusted sober person......play the tape all the way thru.....keep yourself as safe as possible, ie not the time to just "go for a drive".......play music, LOUD....be grateful you are having urges.....we don't get urges when we are LOADED, only when we are NOT.......the brain is healing itself, trying to fix the wiring, and sometimes those synapses that were created due to our addiction, those direct lines to the pleasure center that make us go so nuts for the sh*t, sometimes they fire off again.......
i found that as times passes the MORE inappropriate the time, the more likely i might be to get hit with the thought or idea....like you know, sitting there in your annual review talking to your boss and OUT OF NOWHERE you get this visual in your dang head that has to do with lighters and crap and you're trying to maintain your cool????? don't be alarmed. and don't worry that your recovery must suck.
addicts think about drugs. that's kinda what we do. using or not. we just don't need to DWELL on the thought. just acknowledge it, and let it pass on by. and move your mind to better things........
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