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Stop Justifying Your Addictive Thoughts! #addictionawareness #breakingthecycle #mindfulrecovery

30 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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In this segment, Amber Hollingsworth explains that addictive thoughts often follow recognizable patterns. She notes that both external cues (situational triggers) and internal emotional states (stress, irritability, edginess) can spark a craving-like, obsessive urge to engage in the addictive behavior. Once the urge surfaces, individuals typically enter a justification cycle, convincing themselves that acting on the urge is acceptable or not a big deal, thereby perpetuating the cycle of addiction.

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An addictive thing can happen anytime, but for most people, there's usually a pattern for your thinking, and there are probably certain either external cues or internal emotional states that trigger this level of thinking. And when it happens, it's sort of like a craving, but it's more obsessive. It'll make you feel super stressed, irritable, edgy. And then what happens when you have that feeling and you really want to do it is then you start into this justification cycle, why it's okay or why it's not that big a deal.