The Craving Intervention Plan
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Join Date: May 2005
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The Craving Intervention Plan
1. Recognize the craving: Don't lie to myself or anyone else about it. I can say that I am craving
2. Accept craving as normal: I don't have to panic. I don't have to act on it.
3. Gow somewhere else: I am probably seeing, hearing, smelling something in my environment that is triggering it.
4. Talk it through: Most of the time talking about craving will turn it off.
5. Exercise: Keep it up for 15 to 20 minutes 3 times per week
6. Eat a healthy Meal: Eat a high protein meal
7. Eat a piece of candy or chocolate, but not too much, otherwise you may experience a suddne rise and drop of your blood sugar and make it worse.
8. Meditate and relax: It will reduce stress which aggravates craving.
9. Diver attention from the craving: Most cravings are time limited and pass within hours.
10. Get a good nights sleep: It reduces fatigue which can aggravate craving.
11. Practice some deep breathing: Hold breath and breathe out slowly 3-5 times to relax.
12. Visualize a comfortable and safe beautiful place.
13. If you feel that you are not feeling improvement significantly think of 2 reasons to stay sober and 2 serious reasons/consequences you had to stop using in the first place.
Remember if you drink/use, your past will become your future and the shame will double...
2. Accept craving as normal: I don't have to panic. I don't have to act on it.
3. Gow somewhere else: I am probably seeing, hearing, smelling something in my environment that is triggering it.
4. Talk it through: Most of the time talking about craving will turn it off.
5. Exercise: Keep it up for 15 to 20 minutes 3 times per week
6. Eat a healthy Meal: Eat a high protein meal
7. Eat a piece of candy or chocolate, but not too much, otherwise you may experience a suddne rise and drop of your blood sugar and make it worse.
8. Meditate and relax: It will reduce stress which aggravates craving.
9. Diver attention from the craving: Most cravings are time limited and pass within hours.
10. Get a good nights sleep: It reduces fatigue which can aggravate craving.
11. Practice some deep breathing: Hold breath and breathe out slowly 3-5 times to relax.
12. Visualize a comfortable and safe beautiful place.
13. If you feel that you are not feeling improvement significantly think of 2 reasons to stay sober and 2 serious reasons/consequences you had to stop using in the first place.
Remember if you drink/use, your past will become your future and the shame will double...
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Thank you so much for posting that. That is something that I needed to read and recognize in my own actions. These are things that I need to be aware of at all times during the cravings.
Thank you lots Mike!
Thank you lots Mike!
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