Combat Cravings Action Plan Worksheet
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The Happier Therapy editorial team is made up of Masters and PhD counselling psychologists. Each worksheet is created by a team member with exposure to and experience in the subject matter. The worksheet then gets reviewed by a more senior editorial member. This is someone with extensive knowledge of the subject matter and highly cited published material.
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Craving can be defined as an unrelenting desire, urge or yearning towards an extreme desire for something.
Craving is often used as one of the criteria for the diagnosis of drug addiction or alcoholism.
What Are The Theories Behind This Worksheet?
Cravings are at times associated with risk-taking reckless behaviour in order to seek pleasure related to food, sex, cigarette smoking, binge alcohol drinking, or illicit drug abuse.
Combating cravings is exceedingly important for better management of major mental health illnesses and poor quality of life.
Physical, psychological, nutritional, and medical rehabilitation may be helpful in the effective clinical management of combating cravings.
How Will This Worksheet Help You?
Is important to know what triggering factors and situations make you vulnerable to cravings and adopt suitable coping strategies that will help you combat them.
Additionally, cravings are automatic responses that occur without conscious thought. Learning to say “NO” to these ingrained desires and learning to resist them is a relapse prevention strategy that you ought to learn to live a more fulfilling and healthier life.
How Should You Use This Worksheet?
This worksheet can be used at any time when you are experiencing a craving.
You should keep this worksheet with you at all times in order to help you get through the cravings.
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References
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American Psychological Association. (© 2022). Craving. Available at:
https://dictionary.apa.org/craving. [Accessed October 26, 2022]
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Open Journal of Medical Psychology. (© 2018-2022). Psychology of Craving. Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/276494992_Psychology_of_Craving. [Accessed October 26, 2022]
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SMART Recovery International. (© 2022). 5 Ways to Deal with Urges and Cravings. Available at: https://www.smartrecovery.org/5-ways-to-deal-with-urges-and-cravings/. [Accessed October 26, 2022]
