Tools to Prevent Future Regressions - How to Learn From a Drug Or Alcohol Relapse
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It can be discouraging after being drug or alcohol free for a certain period of time to find yourself falling back into a relapse of past behavior. Technically, a slip is when someone falls into old addictive habits for a short duration and pulls themselves out of it.
Take it one day at a time.
Don’t get ahead of yourself. I know you want to get through a week without smoking, but you need to get through a day first. So everyday when you wake up, your goal needs to be to go the entire day without smoking marijuana. Then repeat this process the next day. Once you make it through a couple of weeks you can begin to set weekly goals and move forward from there. If you don’t start small you may never make it through your first week. Remember the first week is the hardest because of the withdrawal symptoms.
Tell Other People That You Are Quitting.
Let your friends or anyone else who knows you smoke that you plan to quit. This will let them know to avoid talking about it and doing it in front of you. This is crucial. One of the main causes of relapse in marijuana users is that their friends provide temptation. Telling them not to do it around you and asking them to support your decision can make it much easier to stop smoking cannabis. It helps to have people on your side, and catch you when you fall down. Subconsciously, you are preparing yourself stop. You are also more likely to quit the more you talk about quitting and envision yourself as some who will stop smoking cannabis.
Be prepared
Before you ever quit, take the time to think of the possible situations that you are going to face when you stop smoking cannabis. Then decide on what your reaction will be when the situation arises. This will prevent having to make split second decisions when you are weak from withdrawals. Putting yourself through scenarios before they happen, and choosing the right outcome, will strengthen your resolve to make that decision when the situation actually happens.
When you get cravings, having substitutes such as physical exercise that releases endorphins, movies to watch and calling your sponsor or support person is critical
Resource Author Francisco R. Higueras
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September 29th, 2009 at 10:21 am
thanks for the post.
Awful but compelling video.
Your list is the sort of 1-2-3 of quitting drug and alcohol use. I like it.