Addiction, Urges & Compulsions
Process for 15 minute work-through
I'm About To Relapse
15 minute guided tool
No speech. No fake calm. Work with about to relapse through one grounded move.
Tool fit
Process fits about to relapse because the moment needs somewhere honest to go. Use a steady unload, then choose: contact one safe person, remove access, or start a ten-minute replacement action.
IF
IF about to relapse is happening right now and the trap is negotiating with the craving while it is loudest
THEN
- Start with about to relapse, not the whole backstory.
- change location, add friction, and delay the first step toward the old pattern
- Do this clean move before deciding what the whole situation means: contact one safe person, remove access, or start a ten-minute replacement action.
- Stay with about to relapse long enough to notice what shifted after the first move.
- Choose one next action that matches the clean move: contact one safe person, remove access, or start a ten-minute replacement action.
- Pick one sensory reset: cool water on hands, focus on one object, step into different light, or change rooms.
- If this is increasing pressure instead of lowering it, stop here. Switch paths, step away from the tool, or use real-world support.
WHY
This works because urges peak, bargain, and fade when access is delayed and the same thought pattern is interrupted. A steady process gives about to relapse somewhere to go without turning it into letting one urge become a full return to the pattern.