Labeling Thoughts
Neutral interrupting thoughts
Reframe the Meaning
Redirect with a Grounding Thought
The Craving Curve
100

Name a simple internal phrase.

What is this is a craving thought or my brain is asking for relief not drugs?

100

2 thoughts that create pressure?

What are I shouldn't or I must stop?

100

A reframing thought might be.

name 3

What is...This urge means I'm healing, My brain is remembering an old pattern, not telling me what to do, This is discomfort, not destiny?

100

A technique interrupts a craving.

What is grounding?

100

Triggers are initiated by.

What is internal (emotions, stress) and external (people, places, smells) cues linked to past substance use?

200

Labeling creates.

What is distance?

200

A neutral thought helps.

What is you ride the wave?

200

Carvings are not.

What is proof of weakness?

200

Craving thoughts pull you into.

What is the future or the past?

200

A craving peaks at...and then...

What is 15-20 minutes, drops?

300

The shift when you label.

What is from inside the urge to observing it?

300

Cravings.

What is rise and fall like waves?

300

Shame is.

What is fuel for cravings?

300

Name 3 grounding thoughts.

What are...What is 1 thing I can do right now, My feet are on the floor, I'm here, not in the past?

300

Urge surfing is.

What is riding the peak of the wave until it breaks?

400

Label the thought instead of.

What is fusing with the thought?

400

Replace pressure thoughts with.

What are calm and factual thoughts?

400

Reframing.

What is reduces shame?

400

Grounding thoughts.

What is pull you back into the present?

400

Rapid Rise is when.

A craving increases suddenly and intensifies rapidly, accompanied by physical and mental urges?

500

What to do if the thought persistently returns.

What is be consistent, simply label it again without criticism?

500

Name 3 phrases that are calm and factual.

What are This urge will pass, I've had this thought before and survived it, This is temporary?

500

In order to neutralize a craving one must.

What is reframe the craving into temporary, manageable memories?

500

Grounding.

What is interrupts the craving without suppressing it?

500

The highest point of the curve where the desire feels the most overwhelming.

What is the peak?

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