Lesson 6: Managing Cravings And Urges - Slide 16
Step 1: Keep Grounded In Reality
- Make a conscious effort to keep firmly grounded in reality
- Avoid being tricked into thinking
that the feeling that you need to
drink, use, gamble or have sex is a real need: it is not
- Your thoughts and urges are symptoms of an impulse control disorder
- Your brain is sending false messages
Notes:
Pg. 5, Schwartz, Jeffrey, M., 1996, “Brain Lock, Free Yourself From Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior, A Four-Step Self-Treatment Method To Change Your Brain Chemistry,” Regan Books/Harper Collins Publishers, New York.
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