Seemingly Irrelevant Decisions

• Overconfidence - See Positive Vision Day 70.
• Identifying SUDs Many clients have said that identifying their SUDs (seemingly unimportant decisions) has been a key element of their recovery. Even when they’ve not been able to identify many triggers or cognitive distortions, they have been able to recognise their behavioural actions and by bringing these into conscious awareness they are then better able to stop them. One of the most effective ways of identifying SUDs is to create what’s known as a behaviour chain. Hall, Paula. Understanding and Treating Sex and Pornography Addiction (pp. 136-137). Taylor and Francis. Kindle Edition.
• Big Index > Apparently Irrelevant Decisions

Torah Sources

• מקבציאל לה, ר' יעקב הלל, תסז-תסח. סטייה בנקודה קלה יכולה להוכיל להבדלי מרחקים עצומים עיי"ש בארוכה.
  • ראה אוצר האגרת אפשטיין עמ' קיז בענין הרואה את הנולד, חוט השערה וכו'. עיי"ש.
    • המקור הוא של הסבא מנובהרדוק זצ"ל בספר מדרגת האדם בתקופת העולם מאמר א'.

References

• Become Aware of Seemingly Irrelevant Decisions Glasner-Edwards, Suzette. The Addiction Recovery Skills Workbook: Changing Addictive Behaviors Using CBT, Mindfulness, and Motivational Interviewing Techniques (New Harbinger Self-help Workbooks) (p. 61). New Harbinger Publications. Kindle Edition. (It comes right after contemplation, like in HO)

From GYE Members

• I soooo relate to this, I too often arouse myself, get to my peak and then quickly stop. my avodah is not to enter the whirlpool in the first place. we say "velo leyde nisoyaon" the hands of a nisayon are theese early stages where he tries to grasp us with those smelly hands of his. #excellence
• I just fell after being clean for 140 days! ... I'm just picking myself up after a fall and I hope I can stay strong again. What caused my to fall? Basically I was just reading some article which happened to be extremely triggering for me, abit too much, it wasn't porn or even real erotica. So now I know to NEVER read such articles again iyh. @Shnitzel and kugel