Mindfulness
See Urge Surfing
Notes
Henry Steinberger, Ph.D. lists Mindfulness as the #1 relapse prevention strategy:
Learn to willingly accept your mind – The first step to preventing relapse is to understand and accept your mind. The presence of whatever your mind produces such as thoughts, beliefs, images, memories, feelings, or sensations is temporary. Even if you don’t like them, if you understand that the ideas your mind creates will change, you do not need to act on what your mind is thinking. This goes for urges and cravings. Note how they simply come and go. They may seem like a problem, but avoiding them through addictive behavior appears as the real problem in the long run. Consider learning and practicing “Mindfulness” to increase your ability to “sit with” or “ride out” urges without acting on them.[1]
From GYE Members
- A thread about mindfulness - https://guardyoureyes.com/forum/2-What-Works-for-Me/327296-Sholoms-Mindfulness-Recovery-Path
- ↑ https://www.smartrecovery.org/navigating-the-road-to-recovery/. He adds "Willing Acceptance and Mindfulness, mentioned in item ... can be found in the self-help literature of Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT). You can learn more with a web search. "