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One thing I've been working on lately is a mindfulness technique called Urge Surfing.  You can recognize your urges, thoughts, feelings, and cravings for what they are, watch them, experience them, while choosing not to act on them.   Cravings have a relatively short lifetime; they peak and pass like waves, and are followed by others.  So we can learn to "surf" the right waves, in the right away.

 

Urge Surfing is different from fighting AGAINST your urges, which can be counter-productive because fighting your desire only feeds it.  Instead you "surf" your urges, letting them play out, and letting them go.  This way they get weaker and smaller over time.  The key is to recognize that you are NOT your cravings and urges.  They come and go.  You are in control.

 

http://www.theemotionmachine.com/urge-surfing-how-to-overcome-addictive-behaviors

 

http://urgesurf.com/what-is-urge-surfing/

 

I'm just learning this technique, and it's helping me immensely with staying alcohol-free.  I think it could help for junk food, cigarettes, any kind of addiction.  It could also work for anger management, or any other kind of self-control.   I wish I had known about this earlier in my quit, but I'm so happy to know it now.   

 

Just wanted to share that with you all :)

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