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CTL-VIII-0042

“The craving is here right now and I'm running out of reasons to say no.”

CTL · Pillar III — Control CTL-VIII · Redirect Immediately.

The urge is loud and it's bargaining hard, dressing the fall up as relief. But a craving is a wave - it crests and it breaks if you don't feed it. The turn must be immediate and physical: you don't have to win the argument, you have to get through the next ten minutes without acting.

Your Practice

  1. Change your physical location right now. Leave the room, go outside, move.
  2. Call or text one person who knows. Do not face the wave alone.
  3. Set a ten-minute bound: you only have to not act for ten minutes. Then ten more.
  4. Name that the craving is lying - it promises relief and delivers ruin.

More under CTL-VIII

CTL-VIII-0001“I just got fired.”CTL-VIII-0002“My plan fell apart and I don't know what to do next.”CTL-VIII-0003“I redirected a bad day into a productive one.”CTL-VIII-0004“I keep reacting to things I should let pass.”CTL-VIII-0005“I'm struggling with a habit I keep returning to.”CTL-VIII-0006“I'm proud of how I handled a situation that used to derail me.”
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