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Cravings and Emotional Regulation

A practical workbook for understanding urges, regulating intense emotions, and choosing the next safer action.

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67 printable pagesUS Letter PDF
Evidence-informedSource notes and limits included
Original materialNo client or workplace content
Educational resourceNot individualized therapy
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Inside the resource

Practical pages built for real moments.

People who want a varied coping toolkit for cravings, anxiety, anger, numbness, shame, grief, sleep, conflict, and relapse warning signs.

Craving tools

Trigger-chain mapping, the 4 D's, craving-wave records, HALT, and reducing access.

Emotional regulation

Name emotions, map body signals, match strategies to intensity, and practise STOP.

Grounding choices

External senses, movement, orientation, support, and trauma-sensitive alternatives.

Difficult emotions

Dedicated pages for anger, shame, guilt, grief, loneliness, and difficult nights.

Boundaries and requests

Build clear boundaries and practise exact words for asking for support.

Relapse response

Notice warning signs, respond after a lapse, and create a one-page recovery response plan.

Three weeks of practice

Twenty-one structured skill experiments plus fifteen deeper high-risk-situation worksheets.

Evidence and transparency

Useful claims, carefully stated.

Authoritative foundations

Methods are connected to relevant SAMHSA, NIDA, WHO, Health Canada, and primary research sources inside the PDF.

Original exercises

The worksheets translate established recovery principles into practical reflection and planning. The full workbook itself has not been tested as a clinical intervention.

Measure personal fit

Readers are prompted to notice what changed, then keep, adapt, combine, replace, or bring a strategy into appropriate care.

No inflated promises

No worksheet can guarantee abstinence, prevent every crisis, or replace medical, psychological, or substance-use treatment.

Use and scope

Clear, optional, and recovery-supportive.

Use at your own pace

Readers can pause, skip questions, or complete pages with a trusted support. No disclosure is required.

Bring it into care

Use completed pages to organize questions or discuss patterns with an appropriate counsellor, peer worker, prescriber, or treatment team.

Know when to escalate

The resource repeatedly directs urgent medical, overdose, suicide, and immediate safety concerns to professional, crisis, or emergency help.

No outcome promises

The workbook supports reflection and planning. It does not diagnose, treat, replace care, or guarantee abstinence or safety.

Licence and delivery

What your purchase permits.

Personal-use licence. The purchaser may print copies for their own use. The file may not be shared, posted, or resold.

Questions

Before purchasing.

Is this therapy or medical advice?

No. It is general education and structured reflection. It is not a diagnosis, treatment plan, medical direction, emergency service, or replacement for professional care.

Can I print it?

Yes. The PDF is designed for US Letter paper and can also be completed digitally using a PDF annotation app.

Can I share the file?

No. The licence follows the purchaser. The facilitator toolkit includes limited permission to print participant handouts for the purchaser's own direct groups or clients.

What happens if I am in crisis?

Do not wait for a worksheet. Call 911 for immediate danger or a medical emergency. In Canada, call or text 988 for suicide crisis support.