We expertise sensory, emotional/psychological, cognitive, environmental, and bodily cues each day in early restoration. These cues or triggers, if left unchecked can flip into highly effective cravings for the chemical. Cravings can result in relapse. So as to keep away from relapse it’s essential that you just establish your cues, take motion, and never allow them to flip into cravings.
One highly effective set of cues that may set off cravings are feelings or emotions. Uncomfortable emotions, normally destructive feelings, have most likely been among the many cues or triggers related along with your consuming and utilizing prior to now. Establish how these emotions have been linked prior to now to your consuming or drugging conduct and the how they might be serving as cues for triggers right this moment utilizing the Emotional Cues For Cravings in Relapse Worksheet.
Emotional Cues for Cravings in Relapse Worksheet
Use This Worksheet to assist establish emotions related to your consuming or utilizing medicine.
First, put a verify by every emotion that you just imagine is related to consuming and/or utilizing. Verify the emotion when you imagine that it has led to consuming or utilizing, or the emotion has been altered by your consuming or utilizing medicine.
Then give three examples of how that has occurred prior to now.
Then give three examples of how these feelings are at the moment related to your occupied with consuming or utilizing.
___1. Worry. Different descriptors related to worry would possibly embody afraid, anxious, nervous, scared, apprehensive, insecure.
a. Previous examples of how this sense was linked to your consuming drugging conduct:
b. Current examples of how this sense was linked to occupied with consuming/utilizing. Give the present circumstance or context of this sense and consuming/utilizing ideas.
___ 2. Anger. Different descriptors related to anger would possibly embody mad, annoyed, aggravated, miffed, resentful, aggravated.
a. Previous examples of how this sense was linked to your consuming drugging conduct:
b. Current examples of how this sense was linked to occupied with consuming/utilizing. Give the present circumstance or context of this sense and consuming/utilizing ideas.
___ 3. Guilt. Different descriptors related to guilt is perhaps remorseful, sorry, accountable, dangerous.
a. Previous examples of how this sense was linked to your consuming drugging conduct:
b. Current examples of how this sense was linked to occupied with consuming/utilizing. Give the present circumstance or context of this sense and consuming/utilizing ideas.
___ 4. Disgrace. Different descriptors related to disgrace would possibly embody embarrassed, lower than, insufficient, humiliated.
a. Previous examples of how this sense was linked to your consuming drugging conduct:
b. Current examples of how this sense was linked to occupied with consuming/utilizing. Give the present circumstance or context of this sense and consuming/utilizing ideas:
___ 5. Damage. Different descriptors related to harm would possibly embody abused, crushed, dissatisfied, ache, taken without any consideration, taken benefit of, bruised.
a. Previous examples of how this sense was linked to your consuming drugging conduct:
b. Current examples of how this sense was linked to occupied with consuming/utilizing. Give the present circumstance or context of this sense and consuming/utilizing ideas.
___ 6. Disappointment. Different descriptors related to unhappiness would possibly embody grief, melancholy, sorrowful, somber, solemn.
a. Previous examples of how this sense was linked to your consuming drugging conduct:
b. Current examples of how this sense was linked to occupied with consuming/utilizing. Give the present circumstance or context of this sense and consuming/utilizing ideas.
___ 7. Loneliness. Different descriptors related to loneliness would possibly embody disregarded, uncared for, deserted, alienated, dejected.
a. Previous examples of how this sense was linked to your consuming drugging conduct:
b. Current examples of how this sense was linked to occupied with consuming/utilizing. Give the present circumstance or context of this sense and consuming/utilizing ideas.
___ 8. Helplessness. Different descriptors related to helpless is perhaps paralyzed, despair, defeated, shaken, caught.
a. Previous examples of how this sense was linked to your consuming drugging conduct:
b. Current examples of how this sense was linked to occupied with consuming/utilizing. Give the present circumstance or context of this sense and consuming/utilizing ideas.
___ 9. Overconfident. Different descriptors related to “overconfident” is perhaps ungrateful, reckless, prideful, imposing, in management, dominating.
a. Previous examples of how this sense was linked to your consuming drugging conduct:
b. Current examples of how this sense was linked to occupied with consuming/utilizing. Give the present circumstance or context of this sense and consuming/utilizing ideas.
___ 10. Boredom. Different descriptors related to bored is perhaps disconnected, disinterested, withdrawn, not caring, subdued.
a. Previous examples of how this sense was linked to your consuming drugging conduct:
b. Current examples of how this sense was linked to occupied with consuming/utilizing. Give the present circumstance or context of this sense and consuming/utilizing ideas.
___ 11. Pressured. Different descriptors related to harassed is perhaps overwhelmed, exhausted, frightened.
a. Previous examples of how this sense was linked to your consuming drugging conduct:
b. Current examples of how this sense was linked to occupied with consuming/utilizing. Give the present circumstance or context of this sense and consuming/utilizing ideas.
___ 12. Pleasure. Different descriptors related to pleasure is perhaps completely happy, elated, excited, assured, cheerful, adored, affectionate, delighted.
a. Previous examples of how this sense was linked to your consuming drugging conduct:
b. Current examples of how this sense was linked to occupied with consuming/utilizing. Give the present circumstance or context of this sense and consuming/utilizing ideas.
You may have recognized emotions or feelings which have served as triggers for cravings and/or relapse prior to now. You may have recognized present emotions or feelings which are related to ideas about consuming and/utilizing.
In restoration, it’s essential to study to switch the chemical with wholesome dwelling expertise. Studying to cope with emotions appropriately is an important wholesome dwelling talent. Make a listing of issues that you are able to do to cope with emotions or feelings in a wholesome method. (Trace: Pouring alcohol or different chemical compounds on them just isn’t a wholesome method). Make your individual record.