The Emotional Cues For Cravings in Relapse Worksheet

 We expertise sensory, emotional/psychological, cognitive, environmental, and bodily cues every 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. As a way to keep away from relapse it's essential that you just determine 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, often destructive feelings, have in all probability been among the many cues or triggers related together with your consuming and utilizing previously. Establish how these emotions have been linked previously to your consuming or drugging habits and the how they might be serving as cues for triggers in the present day utilizing the Emotional Cues For Cravings in Relapse Worksheet. 

Emotional Cues for Cravings in Relapse Worksheet  

Use This Worksheet to assist determine emotions related to your consuming or utilizing medicine.

First, put a examine by every emotion that you just imagine is related to consuming and/or utilizing. Test the emotion if you happen to 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 previously.   

Then give three examples of how these feelings are presently related to your interested by consuming or utilizing.   

___1. Worry. Different descriptors related to concern would possibly embody afraid, anxious, nervous, scared, apprehensive, insecure.     

a. Previous examples of how this sense was linked to your consuming drugging habits:       

b. Latest examples of how this sense was linked to interested by 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, pissed off, irritated, miffed, resentful, aggravated.     

a. Previous examples of how this sense was linked to your consuming drugging habits:       

b. Latest examples of how this sense was linked to interested by 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, unhealthy.     

a. Previous examples of how this sense was linked to your consuming drugging habits:       

b. Latest examples of how this sense was linked to interested by 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 habits:             

b. Latest examples of how this sense was linked to interested by consuming/utilizing. Give the present    circumstance or context of this sense and consuming/utilizing ideas:            

___ 5. Harm. 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 habits:       

b. Latest examples of how this sense was linked to interested by 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 habits:       

b. Latest examples of how this sense was linked to interested by 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 omitted, uncared for, deserted, alienated, dejected.     

a. Previous examples of how this sense was linked to your consuming drugging habits:       

b. Latest examples of how this sense was linked to interested by 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 habits:                  

b. Latest examples of how this sense was linked to interested by 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 habits:             

b. Latest examples of how this sense was linked to interested by 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 habits:       

b. Latest examples of how this sense was linked to interested by consuming/utilizing. Give the present    circumstance or context of this sense and consuming/utilizing ideas.            

___ 11. Confused. Different descriptors related to careworn is perhaps overwhelmed, exhausted, anxious.     

a. Previous examples of how this sense was linked to your consuming drugging habits:       

b. Latest examples of how this sense was linked to interested by consuming/utilizing. Give the present circumstance or context of this sense and consuming/utilizing ideas.            

___ 12. Pleasure. Different descriptors related to pleasure is perhaps glad, elated, excited, assured, cheerful, adored, affectionate, delighted.     

a. Previous examples of how this sense was linked to your consuming drugging habits:       

b. Latest examples of how this sense was linked to interested by consuming/utilizing. Give the present     circumstance or context of this sense and consuming/utilizing ideas.           

You've recognized emotions or feelings which have served as triggers for cravings and/or relapse previously. You've recognized present emotions or feelings which can be related to ideas about consuming and/utilizing. 

In restoration, you could study to exchange the chemical with wholesome dwelling abilities. Studying to cope with emotions appropriately is a vital wholesome dwelling talent. Make a listing of issues that you are able to do to cope with emotions or feelings in a wholesome manner. (Trace: Pouring alcohol or different chemical substances on them just isn't a wholesome manner). Make your individual record.