Time Magazine Article: Overcoming Addiction
Interesting article on the abstinence violation effect (AVE), “urge surfing” and how a more flexible mindset might just be beneficial to promoting a return to recovery.
Most people who try to change problem behaviors — whether it’s overeating, overspending or smoking cigarettes — will slip at least once. Whether that slip provokes a return to full-blown addiction depends in large part on how the person regards the misstep. “People with a strong abstinence violation effect relapse much more quickly,” says Marlatt. A single slip solidifies their sense that they are a failure and cannot quit, creating a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Find this article at:
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1868965,00.html
