Craving for help

Don't give your cravings power, try and just acknowledge them for what they are, (temporary irrational urges) and then go about your day and do the activities you need to do. Dwelling on urges and telling yourself they are strong and have power over you help lead to relapse.

 

I also have strong urges. I tackle them mainly by staying busy as much as possible.
Thoughts are just thoughts.
You control your thoughts.
Urges are good thing. It means you are doing great. You are fighting. You are strong. You are taking control of your life and going for the change. And you are getting better!
Realize this.
Everything in life is temporary...good feelings, bad feelings, strong urges, no urges...just go man. Dont pay so much attention the state you are in. Just move in the goid direction.You can fucking do this!

 

Don’t you ever relapse. P is the evilest of all evil. If it’s a man I would strangle it to death. Don’t you ever go back. I will not go into much details here, but I once thought anxiety and depression is not even real and looked down on people who suffered from it. P caused me to have sucidal thoughts or at least to abandon my family and run away to another country to escape the depression P caused. PIED/relationship troubles/extremely painful flatlines. You name it man. Stop please.

 

Keep busy brother. Urges start in the mind so as soon as you realise that a splurge of dopamine is coming (the craving hormone), you turn your attention/focus to something else immediately. Preferably something that also releases dopamine such as exercising, going for a walk, spending quality time with friends/family or achieving a goal that you set for yourself in school/work. Set goals and keep busy. Keep achieving them and eventually, that crave that you used to get, will slowly drift away and your focus would be on building a newer, healthier habit.

 

Stay strong brother! I recently gave into my urges after getting started on a good streak. One thing that has helped me to block the thoughts out is thinking about what the future will hold for me. Any easy thought that you can come to that will break out of that negative loop. For me if I dwell too much on a thought it will take control. Block that shit. This is a battle all of us can win if we take the time to remember what we are fighting for! For me it's control over my life. It's being able to talk to girls again in a healthy way. It's being able to look myself in the mirror and remember who I am proud to be. Your story has inspired me to hop back on that horse again. Thank you for your post!

 

I've found daily morning and night posts on this site really helps me to remember why I am doing this, especially when I am helping others by offering advice on people's threads.