RUN

Hall (2013) goes on to suggest avoiding environmental and emotional triggers, which includes avoiding people and places associated with sexual acting out. As with other relapse prevention strategies, she suggests the importance of structured time and the use of pre-planning to avoid unstructured time. In addition, she suggests strategies to handle emergency situations including the use of the acronym RUN:

• Remove yourself from the situation
• Un-distort your thinking
• Never forget what you have to lose. (Hall 2013: 140)

She describes the RUN strategy as ‘the single most important relapse prevention technique there is’ (Hall 2013: 140). There is no doubt that, while not new in essence, Hall’s strategy is a distinctly significant contribution to relapse prevention tailored to the needs of the sexually compulsive person.

Birchard, Thaddeus. CBT for Compulsive Sexual Behaviour (p. 85-6). Taylor and Francis. Kindle Edition.