Rate Your Craving – HBR Craving Response Plan

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Five is the tipping point.  If you are below five:

• the desire to not use is stronger than the urge to use.  
• The benefits of staying sober outweigh the pleasure or escape of drinking.
• The benefits of staying clean outweigh the pleasure of using.

You are not destined to drink/use if you pass 5, but it becomes more difficult to regain control.

The further up the scale you go, the harder it is to get back.

What the Craving Scale teaches us:

– the process of relapse is gradual.

– there are multiple decision points before we relapse.

– for every point on the craving scale there are tools that we can use to get back to 0.

– at each point on the scale we are faced with a choice; I can choose to do an activity, or I can choose to let my thoughts go higher up the scale towards relapse.

– staying sober and clean involves effort, thinking, choice and determination.

– if we have cravings we are not destined to use.

– we have not failed or done something wrong when we have cravings or urges.

– cravings and urges are a normal part of recovery.

Maintain your daily recovery program

Five is the tipping point.  If you are below five:

• the desire to not use is stronger than the urge to use.  
• The benefits of staying sober outweigh the pleasure or escape of drinking.
• The benefits of staying clean outweigh the pleasure of using.

You are not destined to drink/use if you pass 5, but it becomes more difficult to regain control.

The further up the scale you go, the harder it is to get back.

What the Craving Scale teaches us:

– the process of relapse is gradual.

– there are multiple decision points before we relapse.

– for every point on the craving scale there are tools that we can use to get back to 0.

– at each point on the scale we are faced with a choice; I can choose to do an activity, or I can choose to let my thoughts go higher up the scale towards relapse.

– staying sober and clean involves effort, thinking, choice and determination.

– if we have cravings we are not destined to use.

– we have not failed or done something wrong when we have cravings or urges.

– cravings and urges are a normal part of recovery.

Five is the tipping point.  If you are below five:

• the desire to not use is stronger than the urge to use.  
• The benefits of staying sober outweigh the pleasure or escape of drinking.
• The benefits of staying clean outweigh the pleasure of using.

You are not destined to drink/use if you pass 5, but it becomes more difficult to regain control.

The further up the scale you go, the harder it is to get back.

What the Craving Scale teaches us:

– the process of relapse is gradual.

– there are multiple decision points before we relapse.

– for every point on the craving scale there are tools that we can use to get back to 0.

– at each point on the scale we are faced with a choice; I can choose to do an activity, or I can choose to let my thoughts go higher up the scale towards relapse.

– staying sober and clean involves effort, thinking, choice and determination.

– if we have cravings we are not destined to use.

– we have not failed or done something wrong when we have cravings or urges.

– cravings and urges are a normal part of recovery.