KC: Even though there is a part of me that knows I’m letting go there is a part of me that fears the whispers of the cravings---I honor and acknowledge the process
KC: Even though I’m afraid I’ll get lost and lose control---I choose to not judge myself in advance
KC: Even though I have this fear it will come back--- I choose to notice that it won’t be years of relapse but days or hours and then minutes---I choose to focus on that as progress
EB: Who knows what emotion this craving is tied to
SE: I choose to not judge myself if I slip
UE: To pick myself back up
UN: To laugh and focus on the progress I’m making
CH: And I acknowledge my fear that I’ll lose control
CB: No one is perfect
UA: I don’t have to be perfect
TH: I just have to notice and be proud of my progress
EB: I hate not being perfect
SE: Kaboom---return that to sender
UE: I give myself permission
UN: To not judge myself as much as possible
CH: To do my best to just observe the thoughts
CB: The behavior and wave it good bye
UA: If you don’t judge a craving as wrong
TH: It will pass in 90 seconds
EB: I promise to do that the best I can
SE: If I slip
UE: Well, resolve to notice the next one
UN: To stop judging
CH: Interrupt the thought
CB: Focus on something that makes me happy
UA: What if in the past I just didn’t have the right tools
TH: And now I do---so thinking I’m gonna fail is just an OLD reality
Breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth- ahhhh
CB: I let myself to start to live a new reality that I notice and wave the craving bye-bye
When the limiting thoughts come back tap on the UE and say or think: “I am committed to being happy NOW and not afraid of the ghosts of the past”
Have a great weekend!