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Tip 82 The Addict and Decision Making
Often, we make decisions to act based on our internal cues - I am hungry so I will eat, I need to calm down so I will smoke, I am tired so I will sleep - but if we see that internal cues are only clues rather than truths, we can start to make more conscious decisions and examine our motives more clearly. This is can bring the addict back to the basic survival skills of life without focusing on their addiction.
Maybe we want to eat because we really are hungry; maybe we are nervous. Maybe we really are tired; maybe we want to sleep to avoid working late on a project we dont like. By refusing to accept inner cues as truths, we can see them as clues to our state or hints of what may be going on with ourselves. This can help us make better choices and decisions. |
