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So good you did not binge watch and disappear for days. You see there is progress, that is important. We are not perfect but progressing in recovery. When urges arise try to just watch, observe the sensations on a physical level, the pulling, aching, prickling, butterflies etc. Sensations and thoughts, thoughts and sensations, they are in interaction. To strengthen the inner observer can help. Or imagine you are on a surfboard and urges are the waves. The fun is not to fall off the board and keep surfing on the urge waves.
Whatever, stay out of the story, the narrative that comes along with the urges, the imagination that fuels urges and pulls us towards relapse. Hope that can help.

 

Glad you could relate to it. Another thing is when urges arise, it can help to just firmly promise to yourself that you won't give in for the next 10 minutes, 30, minutes, one hour, not today. And remember: urges come and go, they never stay the same forever. They arise to pass away, they are visitors, sometimes coming with bad intentions, coming cause we trained them to come, coming out of habit. Just don't "talk" to them. Just as you wouldn't with some a'hole trying to get you

 

Get back up and come back, we're here. Stay strong.

 

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