Dallas Bragg talks to a speaker about treating cravings as messengers during recovery, not enemies. The approach: normalize them, personify them like characters from Inside Out, and use them as tools for growth instead of fearing them.
I think the part— the process of recovery is really about allowing everything to breathe and talk to me, but not being frightened by it. Um, so yeah, that's how— that's, that's my overall impressions of cravings. Cravings have to be incorporated, understood as part of the recovery process, not to be frightened of. And again, just to reframe them entirely, they really are messengers and they have lots to teach us. And we can go into that. Yeah, cravings have lots to teach us. They're actually really valuable tools if we can look at them in a productive way that is reframed away from fear.
Okay, love that. So just to recap, Normalize cravings. So realize that there, this is a normal part of your recovery journey. This is not a sign of anything deeper than it's a craving, right? And then characterize or personify the craving. What, what is it like? What is its personality? Like you said, like pretend it's one of the characters on Inside Out in your head. And, and understand that, that cravings are messengers. Yes.
Mm-hmm. Yes, absolutely. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You picked up exactly what I'm trying to lay out here.
